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Synopsis
This book profiles local and national efforts to transform urban education and reinvent urban teacher preparation. It describes real programs in real urban schools that have developed policy initiatives that promote educational equity, communitybased curricula, and teacher education and parent empowerment programs that emphasize democratic collaboration among universities, urban teachers, parents, and community members. By involving all stakeholders, this comprehensive approach provides a model for creating urban schools that not only excite and inspire, but also serve as engines for social change. Contending that urban education reform will fail without public engagement and a commitment to social justice, the contributors challenge urban educators to become accountable to their students and the communities they serve.
Author Biography: At the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Lauri Johnson is Assistant Professor of Urban Education and coauthor (with Sally Smith) of Dealing with Diversity through Multicultural Fiction: LibraryClassroom Partnerships, Mary E. Finn is former Director of the Urban Education Institute, and Rebecca Lewis is Adjunct Instructor in Social Foundations.