Provides firsthand perspectives from yoga practitioners and educators on the promises and challenges of school-based yoga programs.

Provides insights into university partnerships with urban schools.

An in-depth look at the creative writing practices of nine Chicago youths.

A look at Nativity schools, alternative middle schools that have had great success educating at-risk, urban students.

Teachers, community activists, and parents acknowledge and applaud democratic educational systems that establish partnerships between universities and the urban communities they serve.

Summarizes findings of a long-term study of math and science education reforms in Chicago, El Paso, Memphis, and Miami.

A poignant study of how a group of poor white urban youth find respite from poverty, violence, and racism in a local community center.

Presents current research and theoretical perspectives on the challenges facing educators in U. S. urban schools.

Examines how citizens and the political leadership of two cities dealt with controversial court orders to end the segregation of public schools.