Julia Hall is Associate Professor of Sociology at D’Youville College, USA. Her research considers the experiences of low income, culturally marginalized urban youth in the context of a rapidly changing economy. She is likewise focused on the cultures of violence and silencing experienced by dispossessed females and forms of resistance and effective policy change.

"The book argues that families, educators, and professionals working across a wide range of disciplines are a cross-disciplinary collective, one that has the potential and power of cross-disciplinary collective action that could serve as a critical change agent in building schools capable of upholding the ideal of a democratic public education. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals." - J. C. Agnew-Tally, Missouri State University, in CHOICE, February 2015

• 1. Introduction Julia Hall Part 1: The Assault on Dignity in Households and Communities 2. People of Color on the Frontline of Environmental Assault Robert D. Bullard, Glenn S. Johnson, Denae W. King, and Sheri L. Smith 3. Poverty and Child Development: Beyond the Schoolyard Gate Nicole Simon and Gary Evans 4. Juvenile Justice in a Changing Environment Rosemary Sarri Part 2: The Assault on Dignity in Schools 5. Market Ideologies and the Undermining of Democracy, Education, and Equality David Hursh 6. E Pluribus Unum: Elementary School Narratives and the Making of National Identity Mary Christianakis and Richard Mora 7. Neoliberalism and Urban School Reform: A Cincinnati Case Study Dennis Carlson Part 3: Resistance from Inside Communities and Schools 8. Raising Critique about Unhealthy Food Access Among Marginalized Youth in Communities and Schools Catherine Lalonde 9. Speak it, Live it! Spoken Word Pedagogy as Critical and Culturally Responsive Practice Bronwen Low and Reenah Golden 10. The War on Dignity: Hip-Hop Youth Read Schools the Riot Act Brad Porfilio, Debangshu Roychoudhury, and Lauren M. Gardner 11. Conclusion Julia Hall

Julia Hall is Associate Professor of Sociology at D’Youville College, USA. Her research considers the experiences of low income, culturally marginalized urban youth in the context of a rapidly changing economy. She is likewise focused on the cultures of violence and silencing experienced by dispossessed females and forms of resistance and effective policy change.

"The book argues that families, educators, and professionals working across a wide range of disciplines are a cross-disciplinary collective, one that has the potential and power of cross-disciplinary collective action that could serve as a critical change agent in building schools capable of upholding the ideal of a democratic public education. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals." - J. C. Agnew-Tally, Missouri State University, in CHOICE, February 2015

• 1. Introduction Julia Hall Part 1: The Assault on Dignity in Households and Communities 2. People of Color on the Frontline of Environmental Assault Robert D. Bullard, Glenn S. Johnson, Denae W. King, and Sheri L. Smith 3. Poverty and Child Development: Beyond the Schoolyard Gate Nicole Simon and Gary Evans 4. Juvenile Justice in a Changing Environment Rosemary Sarri Part 2: The Assault on Dignity in Schools 5. Market Ideologies and the Undermining of Democracy, Education, and Equality David Hursh 6. E Pluribus Unum: Elementary School Narratives and the Making of National Identity Mary Christianakis and Richard Mora 7. Neoliberalism and Urban School Reform: A Cincinnati Case Study Dennis Carlson Part 3: Resistance from Inside Communities and Schools 8. Raising Critique about Unhealthy Food Access Among Marginalized Youth in Communities and Schools Catherine Lalonde 9. Speak it, Live it! Spoken Word Pedagogy as Critical and Culturally Responsive Practice Bronwen Low and Reenah Golden 10. The War on Dignity: Hip-Hop Youth Read Schools the Riot Act Brad Porfilio, Debangshu Roychoudhury, and Lauren M. Gardner 11. Conclusion Julia Hall

Julia Hall is Associate Professor of Sociology at D’Youville College, USA. Her research considers the experiences of low income, culturally marginalized urban youth in the context of a rapidly changing economy. She is likewise focused on the cultures of violence and silencing experienced by dispossessed females and forms of resistance and effective policy change.

"The book argues that families, educators, and professionals working across a wide range of disciplines are a cross-disciplinary collective, one that has the potential and power of cross-disciplinary collective action that could serve as a critical change agent in building schools capable of upholding the ideal of a democratic public education. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals." - J. C. Agnew-Tally, Missouri State University, in CHOICE, February 2015

• 1. Introduction Julia Hall Part 1: The Assault on Dignity in Households and Communities 2. People of Color on the Frontline of Environmental Assault Robert D. Bullard, Glenn S. Johnson, Denae W. King, and Sheri L. Smith 3. Poverty and Child Development: Beyond the Schoolyard Gate Nicole Simon and Gary Evans 4. Juvenile Justice in a Changing Environment Rosemary Sarri Part 2: The Assault on Dignity in Schools 5. Market Ideologies and the Undermining of Democracy, Education, and Equality David Hursh 6. E Pluribus Unum: Elementary School Narratives and the Making of National Identity Mary Christianakis and Richard Mora 7. Neoliberalism and Urban School Reform: A Cincinnati Case Study Dennis Carlson Part 3: Resistance from Inside Communities and Schools 8. Raising Critique about Unhealthy Food Access Among Marginalized Youth in Communities and Schools Catherine Lalonde 9. Speak it, Live it! Spoken Word Pedagogy as Critical and Culturally Responsive Practice Bronwen Low and Reenah Golden 10. The War on Dignity: Hip-Hop Youth Read Schools the Riot Act Brad Porfilio, Debangshu Roychoudhury, and Lauren M. Gardner 11. Conclusion Julia Hall