Jessica T. Shiller (PhD., New York University) is an assistant professor at Towson University in Maryland. She was named 2011-12 PDK emerging leader in education and is the author of several publications, most recently «Preparing for Democracy: How Community-based Organizations Build Civic Engagement among Urban Youth,» which appeared in the January 2013 issue of Urban Education.

Contents: Changing Demographics: The New Reality for Suburban Schools - Barrow County: An Example of the New Suburbia - Lanfield Middle School: Tension and Division in the New Suburban School - Goodwin Middle School: Cultural Gaps and Resistance to Facing Them - Oakwood Middle School: Teachers Who Can Connect but Don't Expect Enough - Where Do We Go from Here? Lessons from and for the New Suburban Schools.