Urban Education

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"With 695 signed entries with cross-references and recommended readings, this encyclopedia presents research and statistics, case studies and best practices, policies and programs at pre- and post-secondary levels, mainly in the United States but also in nations around the world, all intricately connected."

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The Engaging Educational Practice -- Inspect to Inspire: Become a Scholar of Your Students -- Nurture Their Attributes: Turn Commonly Perceived Deficits into Classroom Deposits -- Sew Success into Your Instructional Fabric -- Partner to make Emotional Connections -- Intersect Their Interests & Experiences with Instruction -- Reflect on Practice as a Tool of Improvement -- Expect Nothing Short of Excellence

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"The Handbook addresses seven areas that capture the breadth and depth of available knowledge in urban education: (1) Psychology, Health and Human Development, (2) Sociological Perspectives, (3) Families and Communities, (4) Teacher Education and Special Education, (5) Leadership, Administration and Leaders, (6) Curriculum & Instruction, and (7) Policy and Reform."

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"This authoritative handbook examines the community, district, and teacher leadership roles that affect urban schools. It will serve as a foundation for pedagogical and educational leadership practices that foster social justice, equity, and advocacy for those who have been traditionally and historically underserved in education. The handbook's ten sections cover topics as diverse as curriculum, instruction, and educational outcomes; gender, race, and class; higher education; and leadership preparation and support."

Part I: Conceptualizing Social Justice: More Than a Definition -- Part II: Approaches to Knowing/Studying Social Justice -- Part III: Leadership for Social Justice -- Part IV: Advocacy/Advocates for Social Justice -- Part V: Socio-Cultural Representations of Social Injustices -- Part VI: Glocal Policy Interventions -- Part VII: Leadership Preparation as Intervention

"Deals with the universality of the problematics with urban education, together with the importance of understanding the local, or situated, context of improvement interventions. This book focuses on the interrogation of both the social and political factors that lead to different problem posing and subsequent solutions within each region."

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"Maintaining that urban teaching and learning is characterized by many contradictions, this work proposes that there is a wide range of social, cultural, psychological, and pedagogical knowledge urban educators must possess in order to engage in effective and transformative practice. It is necessary for those teaching in urban schools to be scholar-practitioners, rather than bureaucrats who can only follow rather than analyze, understand, and create. Ten major sections cover the myriad issues of urban education as it exists today."

"This second handbook offers all new content in which readers will find a thoughtful and measured interrogation of significant contemporary thinking and practice in urban education. ...One important theme that runs throughout this handbook is how urban is defined, and under what conditions the marginalized are served by the schools they attend. Schooling continues to hold a special place both as a means to achieve social mobility and as a mechanism for supporting the economy of nations. This second handbook focuses on factors such as social stratification, segmentation, segregation, racialization, urbanization, class formation and maintenance, and patriarchy. The central concern is to explore how equity plays out for those traditionally marginalized in urban schools in different locations around the globe."

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Introduction -- Chronology -- Curriculum in Urban Schools -- Assessment, Accountability, and Standards in Urban Schools -- Teaching in Urban Schools -- Politics and Funding in Urban Schools -- Current Trends and Issues in Urban Schools -- Selected Print and Nonprint Resources -- Organizations, Associations, and Government Agencies