Handbook of Urban Education

H. Richard Milner IV is the Helen Faison Endowed Chair in Urban Education, Professor of Education, Professor of Social Work, Professor of Africana Studies, and Director of the Center for Urban Education at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Kofi Lomotey is the Chancellor John Bardo and Deborah Bardo Distinguished Professor in Educational Leadership at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina, USA. .

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