| Summary: | This paper discusses research, (its process and results), on an inner city school. It highlightsthe methods of data collection used in the research and discusses the findings. Methods ofdata collection include observation, interview and documentary information. Resultsindicate that the school in question is making modest strides, in terms of serving its studentsand the community in which it is located, through its school improvement programs. Besidesmaking other strides, Downtown Elementary School (DES) strives to be a pedagogicalcommunity and a place where praxis (simplified definition: the interrelationship/interactionbetween practice and theory) is being practiced at its best. DES is unique because itconcurrently runs two contemporary school reform programs, namely, magnet3 andprofessional development school (PDS)4. The paper describes how these innovative venturesoperate at DES and the implications of the juxtaposition of the two programs.
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