New Teachers in Urban Schools: Journeys Toward Social Equity Teaching

This volume informs the reader about new teachers in urban underserved schools and their development as teachers for social equity. The accounts of five novice teachers who grew up outside the communities in which they teach lead to chapters that contain advice for teacher educators, future and current teachers, and school leaders.

These early career teachers learned much about bridging the cultural divide between themselves and their students, confronted and resolved big challenges that ...