Urban Communities

Offers a much needed update on urban politics in a globalized world... Davidson and Martin, as well as contributors, chart new territory and produc...

This book explores whats happening to ways of seeing urban spaces in the contemporary moment, when so many of the technologies through which cities...

Today, there is a tremendous mismatch between the available housing stock in the US and the housing options that people want and need. The post-WWI...

Smart City Standardization: Smart City Standards Across the Globe contains numerous existing standards that have emerged for smart cities and helps...

Through powerful narratives of parents of Black and Latinx students with disabilities, this book provides a unique look at the relationship between...

Over a decade ago, the first edition of City Schools and the American Dream debuted just as reformers were gearing up to make sweeping changes in u...

Hip-hop, born after the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements, is an expression and embodiment of liberation. This book explores the creative libe...

For many students in urban public schools, the routines of standards-based instruction and frequent testing remove the possibilities for sustained ...

This timely book demonstrates why there needs to be a more thoughtful and collaborative effort on the part of K12 schools, as well as institutions ...

In Cracks in the Schoolyard, Conchas challenges deficit models of schooling and turns school failure on its head. Going beyond presenting critical ...

To meet the needs of the fast-growing number of Latino/a English learners, this volume presents an approach to secondary education teacher preparat...

America is obsessed with Los Angeles. And America has been thinking about Los Angeles all wrong, for decades, on repeat. Los Angeles is not just th...

Almost every major American city is experimenting with school choice - a deeply controversial idea that is dramatically reshaping public education....

This is a story of hope and triumph; how believing in all kids helped save a school and change education in the state of Colorado. College Now! chr...

This is a story of hope and triumph; how believing in all kids helped save a school and change education in the state of Colorado. College Now! chr...

This celebrated narrative shows how a teacher, alongside his 5th-grade students, co-created a curriculum based on the students needs, interests, an...

This important volume promotes the widespread application of Critical Race Theory (CRT) to better prepare K12 teachers to bring an informed asset-b...

In the 1940s, as Mexican families trekked north to the United States in search of a better life, tens of millions also left their towns and village...

In the 1940s, as Mexican families trekked north to the United States in search of a better life, tens of millions also left their towns and village...