Why a book on urban education? / Joe L. Kincheloe
Why is urban education different from suburban and rural education? / Philip M. Anderson, Judith P. Summerfield
Why teach in urban settings? / Derrick Griffith, Kecia Hayes, John Pascarella
Who are our urban students and what makes them so "different"? / Rebecca A. Goldstein
Urban dropouts : why so many and what can be done? / Florence Rubinson
What is the role of counseling in urban schools? / David Forbes
How do we locate resistance in urban schools? / Luis F. Mirón
What does it mean to be in a gang? / Haroon Kharem
What is the nature of evaluation and assessment in an urban context? / Eleanor Armour-Thomas
What is urban education in an age of standardization and scripted learning? / Judith Hill
How can we transgress in the field of disabilities in urban education? / Joe Valentin
Does bilingual education matter? / Alma Rubal-Lopez
Can literacy be taught successfully in urban schools? / Elizabeth Quintero
How can urban students become writers? / Winthrop Holder
How important is technology in urban education? / Vanessa Domine
How should science be taught in urban settings? / Koshi Dhingra
Can aesthetics be taught in urban education? / Roymieco A. Carter
Why is health an urban issue? : asthma, a case in point / Leah Henry-Beauchamp
Who is included in the urban family? / Katia Goldfarb
Afterword / Shirley Steinberg.
