This second edition offers a fresh, fluid, and diverse range of perspectives from which the authors describe, analyze and offer recommendations for urban education in the U.S. It is a powerful and accessible introduction to the field of urban education for researchers, theorists, policymakers and practitioners.

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.

Foreword; Introduction; Introduction to Section I Multidisciplinary Perspectives; 1 Race & Research*; 2 The Role of Education in Reducing Racial Inequality: Possibilities for Change; 3 Economics of Urban Education: Race, Resources, and Control in Schools; 4 Health, Nutrition and Physical Activity*; 5 Human Development Perspectives on Public Urban Education; Introduction to Section II Policy & Leadership; 6 The Continuously Evolving Landscape of School Choice in the United States; 7 School Reform and School Choice*; 8 Charter Schools and Urban Education Reform*; 9 Leading While Black: The Paradox and Prospects of Black Education Leadership in Urban Schools; Introduction to Section III Teacher Education & Teaching; 10 Teachers Unions and Urban Education: Resistance Amidst Research Lacunae; 11 Teacher Education in Urban Contexts*; 12 Culturally Responsive Teaching: Ideas, Actions, and Effects ; 13 Ethnic-Matching in Urban Schools*; 14 On the Harm Inflicted by Urban Teacher Education Programs: Learning from the Historical Trauma Experienced by Teachers of Color; Introduction to Section IV Curriculum, Language & Literacy Studies; 15 The Making of Urban Curriculum: A Case on African Americans in the U.S. ; 16 The Critical Literacy of Race: Toward Racial Literacy in Urban Teacher Education; 17 Interrogating Languaging Through Power, Race, and Space in the Schooling of Translingual Student Populations; 18 Urban Literacy Learning*; Introduction to Section V Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics; 19 Preserving the "S" in STEM: A Review of Research of Urban Science Education; 20 Urban Mathematics Education as a Political and Personal Project; 21 SUM It Up: A Sociological Approach to Urban Mathematics Education; 22 Afrofuturism: Reimagining STEM for Black Learners in Urban Contexts; Introduction to Section VI Parents, Families & Communities; 23 Community and Family Involvement in Urban Schools*; 24 Parent Involvement for Urban Students and Youth of Color*; 25 Urban Context:Geography, African American Families, and the Possibilities for Family Engagement ; 26 In the Arid Zone: Drying Out Educational Resources for English Language Learners Through Policy and Practice; 27 Lesbian, Gay Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning People and Issues in Urban Education*; Introduction to Section VII School Closures, Gentrification, Youth Voice & Innovations; 28 School Closures and Urban Education; 29 Unpacking the Relationship Between Gentrification and Urban Schooling: Laying the Groundwork for Future Research; 30 Urban Schooling and the Transformative Possibilities of Participatory Action Research: The Role of Youth in Struggles for Urban Education Justice; 31 Grow Your Own Teachers for Urban Education*; Afterword