| City Kids, City Schools: More Reports from the Front Row Contributor(s): Ayers, William (Editor), Ladson-Billings, Gloria (Editor), Michie, Gregory (Editor) |
|
 |
ISBN: 1595583386 ISBN-13: 9781595583383 Publisher: New Press OUR PRICE: $23.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2008 Annotation: A follow-up to the classic collection on the realities of teaching and learning in urban schools. Of the approximately 50 million public school students in the United States, more than half are in urban schools. A contemporary companion to "City Kids, City Teachers: Reports from the Front Row," this new and timely collection has been compiled by four of the country's most prominent urban educators. Contributors including Sandra Cisneros, Jonathan Kozol, Sapphire, and Patricia J. Williams provide some of the best writing on life in city schools and neighborhoods. Young people and practicing teachers, poets and scholars, social critics and journalists offer unique takes on topics ranging from culturally relevant teaching and scripted curricula to the criminalization of youth, gentrification, and the inequities of school funding. In the words of Sonia Nieto, "City Kids, City Schools" "challenge[s] the conventional wisdom of what it means to teach in urban schools." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - Education | History |
| Dewey: 370.917 |
| LCCN: 2008000845 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.15 lbs) 346 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Of the approximately 50 million public school students in the United States, more than half are in urban schools. A contemporary companion to City Kids, City Teachers: Reports from the Front Row, this new and timely collection has been compiled by four of the country's most prominent urban educators. Contributors including Sandra Cisneros, Jonathan Kozol, Sapphire, and Patricia J. Williams provide some of the best writing on life in city schools and neighborhoods. Young people and practicing teachers, poets and scholars, social critics and journalists offer unique takes on topics ranging from culturally relevant teaching and scripted curricula to the criminalization of youth, gentrification, and the inequities of school funding. In the words of Sonia Nieto, City Kids, City Schools challenge[s] the conventional wisdom of what it means to teach in urban schools. |