"Yeo's ethnographic study is a refreshing authoritative look by an urban school teacher of how African American inner-city youth negotiate daily the harmful and marginalizing effects of official school culture." -- Stepehen Haymes, DePaul University

• Chapter 1 Connecting Inner Cities and Urban Schools; Chapter 2 When and Where They Enter; Chapter 3 Teaching in an Urban School; Chapter 4 Multicultural Education; Chapter 5 A Vested Interest in Failure; Chapter 6 The Search for New Connections;