Urban Education: A Model for Leadership and Policy

by Estela Bensimon, Dominic J. Brewer, Rodney Goodyear

Book Overview

Many factors complicate the education of urban students. Among them have been issues related to population density; racial, ethnic, cultural, and linguistic diversity; poverty; racism (individual and institutional); and funding levels. Although urban educators have been addressing these issues for decades, placing them under the umbrella of "urban education" and treating them as a specific area of practice and inquiry is relatively recent. Despite...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415872413
• ISBN13: 9780415872416
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.8"