This book seeks to center positive education discourses of urban education and leadership.

Edited by Rene O. Guillaume; Noelle Witherspoon Arnold and Dr. Azadeh F. Osanloo

Section 1: Leaders of Color in Urban Context

Section 1: Introduction

Christine Fagan

African American Leadership Paradigm

Sheryl J. Croft

Urban District

Monique Sloan and Cristóbal Rodríguez

leaders: Testimonios of Advocacy and Resistance

Melissa A. Martinez and Rosa Rivera-McCutchen

Leaders? Examining Rational Choice Theory in a Racialized Context

April L. Peters and Ain A. Grooms

Ursula Thomas

Section 2: Human Geographies

Section 2: Introduction

Christine Fagan

to Places of Respite in Urban Educational Institutions and Classrooms

Douglas Allen and Shelby Chipman

Attributes: Urban and Rural School District Perspectives

Detra D. Johnson and Pamela Gray

Exacerbate Homicide Rates in U.S. Cities Beyond Deprivation's Direct (Linear) Effect?

Patricia L. McCall, Kenneth C. Land, Karen F. Parker and Andrew C. Gray

Section 3: Ecology Perspectives

Section 3: Introduction

Sarah Jane Baker

Josh Childs, Judson Laughter, Bryant O. Best, and H. Richard Milner IV

the Experiences of Children of Military Service Members

Chadrhyn Pedraza

Terri Watson

Section 4: Urban Knowledge and Ways of Knowing

Section 4 Introduction

Tobe Bott-Lyons

the Use of Pláticas in an Agentic Learning Space

Brenda Rubio, Chris Milk-Bonilla, and Randy Clinton Bell

Educational Debt

Samuel Hodge, Martha James-Hassan, and Alexander Vigo-Valentín

Black Women Faculty

Risha Berry, Tomika Ferguson, and Whitney Sherman Newcomb

Section 5: Urban Politics and Educational Leadership

Section 5: Introduction

Kristine Velasquez

Programs: Preparing Graduate Students Coming From and Going Into

Urban PK-12 Settings

Dr. René O. Guillaume and Elizabeth C. Apodaca

Intersectionality

Dr. Leanna Lucero and Angela Owens

and Community Involvement Towards School Discipline in Urban Middle Schools

John A. Williams III and Chance W. Lewis

Resources Developmental Perspective on the Barriers and Opportunity Pathways for America's 'Model Minority'

Nicholas D. Hartlep

Everyday Leadership

Sarah Diem, Anjalé D. Welton, Sarah W. Walters, and Shannon Paige Clark

Section 6: Transnationalism

Section 6: Introduction

Luis Esquivel

Sofia Bahena, Brianda De Leon, and Mariela A. Rodríguez

Magdalena Pando

a Southwest Borderland K-12 School District

Roberto Lozano

Asian American Students in a Southwest Borderland High School

Jennifer Maya Haan

Azadeh F. Osanloo, Sarah J. Baker, Kristine Velasquez, Rick Marlatt, and Noelle Witherspoon Arnold

Acknowledgements

About the Editors

About the Contributors