International Handbook of Urban Education

by William T. Pink

It is evident that urban education has become the central focus of educators at the present time. In the U.S., for example, almost one third of all school age children attend schools in large urban school districts. It is in these urban schools where the diversity of cultures and languages is highest and where student learning is most problematic.

What has emerged from recent work to improve urban schools is the insight that there is no...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402051980
• ISBN13: 9781402051982
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 1267 Pages
• Weight: 5.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.4" x 6.5" x 9.8"