Handbook of Urban Education / Edition 1

by H. Richard Milner IV, Kofi Lomotey

Overview

This second edition of the Handbook of Urban Education offers a fresh, fluid, and diverse range of perspectives from which the authors describe, analyze, and offer recommendations for urban education in the US. Each of the seven sections includes an introduction, providing an overview and contextualization of the contents. In addition, there are discussion questions at the conclusion of many of the 31 chapters.

The seven sections in this edition of the Handbook include: (1) Multidisciplinary Perspectives (e.g., economics, health sciences, sociology, and human development); (2) Policy and Leadership; (3) Teacher Education and Teaching; (4) Curriculum, Language, and Literacy; (5) STEM; (6) Parents, Families, and Communities; and (7) School Closures, Gentrification, and Youth Voice and Innovations. Chapters are written by leaders in the field of urban education, and there are 27 new authors in this edition of the Handbook.

The book covers a wide and deep range of the landscape of urban education. It is a powerful and accessible introduction to the field of urban education for researchers, theorists, policymakers and practitioners as well as a critical call for the future of the field for those more seasoned in the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415634779
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/06/2013
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	600
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 9.60(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

H. Richard Milner IV is Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair of Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Peabody College of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University. Milner is a researcher, scholar and leader of urban education and teacher education.

Kofi Lomotey is the Bardo Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC. His research and publications focus on Blacks in higher education, urban education, Black principals and independent African-centered schools.

Table of Contents

SECTION I. Psychology, Health & Human Development

1. Serving Vulnerable Children and Youth in the Urban Context, William F. Tate IV, Christopher Hamilton, Brittni Jones, W. Brett Robertson, Ashley Macrander, Lyndsie Schultz & Elizabeth Thorne-Wallington

2. Liberating Urban Education & Human Freedom, Joyce E. King, Chikotche Akua & LaToya Russell

3. Health, Nutrition & Physical Activity, Samuel Hodge & Alexander Vigo-Valentin

SECTION II. Sociological Perspectives

4. Student Resilience in Urban America, Carla O’Connor, Jennifer Mueller & Alaina Neal

5. Ethnic-Matching in Urban Schools, Donald Easton-Brooks

6. Urban Schools & the Black Male "Challenge," Pedro A. Noguera

7. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning People & Issues in Urban Education, Mollie V. Blackburn & Lance M. McCready

SECTION III. Families & Communities

8. Parent Involvement for Urban Students & Youth of Color, William Jeynes

9. Community & Family Involvement in Urban Schools, Gloria Swindler Boutte, George L. Johnson, Jr.

10. English Language Learners & Partnerships with Families, Communities, Teacher Preparation & Schools, Ana Christina DaSilva Iddings, Mary Cartol Combs & Luis Moll

SECTION IV. Teacher Education & Special Education

11. Teacher Preparation for Urban Schools, Tyrone Howard & H. Richard Milner IV

12. Grow Your Own Teachers for Urban Education, Eric Toshalis

13. Latina/o Youth as Educational Researchers: Implications for Teaching & Learning In Urban Schools, Jason G. Irizarry & Anjale Welton

14. Teacher Influences in the Racialization of Disabilities, Adai Tefera, Kathleen King Thorius & Alfredo J. Artilles

15. African American Students & Other Students of Color in Special Education, Wanda J. Blanchett

SECTION V. Leadership, Administration, & Leaders

16. Professional Identities of Urban School Principals, Gary M. Crow & Samantha Paredes Scribner

17. Urban School Leadership & Fit, Ira Bogotch, Leo Nesmith, Scott Smith & Frank Gaines

18. Black Students, Urban Schools, & Black Principals: Leadership Practices That Address Disenfranchisement, Kofi Lomotey & Kendra Lowery

SECTION VI. Curriculum & Instruction

19. Culturally Responsive Teaching Principles, Practices & Effects, Geneva Gay

20. Urban Mathematics Education, Danny Martin & Gregory V. Larnell

21. Urban Literacy Learning, David E. Kirkland

22. Hip Hop Culture as a Teaching-Learning Tool in Urban Schools, Jon Yasin

SECTION VII. Policy and Reforms

23. Race, Research & Urban Education, Gloria Ladson-Billings

24. The Evolving Landscape of School Choice in the United States, Mark Berends

25. School Reform & School Choice, Adrienne D. Dixson, Camika Royal and Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr.

26. Charter Schools & Urban Education Reform, Thandeka K. Chapman

27. High-Stake Reforms & Urban Education, Julian Vasquez Heilig, Muhammad Khalifa & Linda Tillman

Editorial Reviews

"In 2013, I wrote that the first edition of The Handbook of Urban Education was 'extraordinary, thoughtful. . . comprehensive and multidimensional, ' representing a profound appreciation of experiences in urban centers. H. Richard Milner IV and Kofi Lomotey have taken this second edition even further, with state-of-the-art evidence, reflections, and recommendations drawing on the best scholarship and practice in central city schools. Both wise and accessible, this volume represents the state-of-the-art in knowledge and insight about urban education."

--Linda Darling-Hammond, President, the Learning Policy Institute and Professor Emeritus, Stanford University School of Education

"In this revised second edition, Richard Milner, Kofi Lomotey, and their many authors situate urban education squarely within the context of a new call for racial justice. In so doing, they insist that equity, justice, and access be at the very center of a liberatory, excellent, and high-quality education for the students of diverse backgrounds who populate our urban public schools. Thoroughly updated, comprehensive, and multidisciplinary in scope, The Handbook of Urban Education should be in the hands of policymakers, administrators, researchers, teachers, and anyone who cares about the future of public education in the United States."

--Sonia Nieto, Professor Emerita, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

"In the second edition of the□Handbook, we gain deeper insight into the complexity of the multidisciplinary field of urban education. H. Richard Milner IV and Kofi Lomotey's co-edited volume provides a nuanced understanding of how and why urban spaces bear the brunt of twin pandemics, racism and COVID-19. Equally important, in this post-truth period, our nation's leading and emerging scholars provide an evidence-base for advancing and re-imagining research, policy, and practice in urban education."□

--Travis J. Bristol, Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley

"In a time of great panic due to the world's□twin pandemics of racism and COVID 19 Milner and Lomotey boldly offer humanistic and racially just ways to educationally thrive. Bar none, the second edition Handbook of Urban Education includes a who's who of academia and deeply examines a range of subtopics pertinent to today's urban education context. From racially just math education and humanistic approaches to K-12 schools to fights for racial justice in teacher unions and urban teacher education programs this book is a□must read in every urban education course."

--Cheryl E. Matias, Professor and Director, University of Kentucky

"As the nation faces urgent demands for social justice, this volume offers interdisciplinary insights on the complexities of urban education systems beset with deep inequities. The handbook's historical grounding illuminates how race has been inscribed into the urban, while it documents multiple racial narratives in heterogeneous urban spaces. The volume has an expansive reach, aspiring to untangle conceptual ambiguities, documenting foundational and technical dimensions, probing liberal and neoliberal developments, and composing a polyphonic discourse with careful attention to key stakeholders (parents, families, communities). The volume dares readers to ask, ÒWhat ifÉ?Ó and maps possible opportunities. The 2nd edition of the Handbook of Urban Education is an essential text for readers interested in grasping the multifaceted character of urban education in the 21st century."

--Alfredo J. Artiles, Professor, Stanford University

"This powerful collection is an invitation□to educators to skillfully take their necessary place in the movement for Black Lives and the ongoing struggle for racial justice. Readers will find themselves both challenged and empowered to imagine, to demand, and to urgently advance□joy and justice in our urban schools."

Carla Shalaby, Coordinator of Social Justice Initiatives & Community Internships, University of Michigan

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