Foreword; Introduction; Introduction to Section I Multidisciplinary Perspectives; 1 Race & Research*; 2 The Role of Education in Reducing Racial Inequality: Possibilities for Change; 3 Economics of Urban Education: Race, Resources, and Control in Schools; 4 Health, Nutrition and Physical Activity*; 5 Human Development Perspectives on Public Urban Education; Introduction to Section II Policy & Leadership; 6 The Continuously Evolving Landscape of School Choice in the United States; 7 School Reform and School Choice*; 8 Charter Schools and Urban Education Reform*; 9 Leading While Black: The Paradox and Prospects of Black Education Leadership in Urban Schools; Introduction to Section III Teacher Education & Teaching; 10 Teachers Unions and Urban Education: Resistance Amidst Research Lacunae; 11 Teacher Education in Urban Contexts*; 12 Culturally Responsive Teaching: Ideas, Actions, and Effects ; 13 Ethnic-Matching in Urban Schools*; 14 On the Harm Inflicted by Urban Teacher Education Programs: Learning from the Historical Trauma Experienced by Teachers of Color; Introduction to Section IV Curriculum, Language & Literacy Studies; 15 The Making of Urban Curriculum: A Case on African Americans in the U.S. ; 16 The Critical Literacy of Race: Toward Racial Literacy in Urban Teacher Education; 17 Interrogating Languaging Through Power, Race, and Space in the Schooling of Translingual Student Populations; 18 Urban Literacy Learning*; Introduction to Section V Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics; 19 Preserving the "S" in STEM: A Review of Research of Urban Science Education; 20 Urban Mathematics Education as a Political and Personal Project; 21 SUM It Up: A Sociological Approach to Urban Mathematics Education; 22 Afrofuturism: Reimagining STEM for Black Learners in Urban Contexts; Introduction to Section VI Parents, Families & Communities; 23 Community and Family Involvement in Urban Schools*; 24 Parent Involvement for Urban Students and Youth of Color*; 25 Urban Context:Geography, African American Families, and the Possibilities for Family Engagement ; 26 In the Arid Zone: Drying Out Educational Resources for English Language Learners Through Policy and Practice; 27 Lesbian, Gay Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning People and Issues in Urban Education*; Introduction to Section VII School Closures, Gentrification, Youth Voice & Innovations; 28 School Closures and Urban Education; 29 Unpacking the Relationship Between Gentrification and Urban Schooling: Laying the Groundwork for Future Research; 30 Urban Schooling and the Transformative Possibilities of Participatory Action Research: The Role of Youth in Struggles for Urban Education Justice; 31 Grow Your Own Teachers for Urban Education*; Afterword
