Joe L. Kincheloe is the Canada Research Chair, Faculty Education, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. kecia hayes is a doctoral candidate in the Ph.D. program in urban education, The City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center. Karel Rose is professor of education and women's studies, Brooklyn College, and doctoral faculty, CUNY Graduate Center. Philip M. Anderson is professor and executive officer, Program in Urban Education, CUNY Graduate Center, and professor of secondary education and youth services, Queens College/CUNY.

Emphasis on urban education is sorely needed, and this series of readings is more than adequate in filling that need and shifting the paradigm of educational theory to current concerns in the urban context. The articles engage readers in examining theory and practice with a grounding in democratic education, often with critical theory or postmodern thought. ...This is essential reading for not only urban educators, but also for educators, as well as administrators and others invested or interested in the current educational terrain of this country. Recommended.

• Part 1 The Context of Urban EducationPart 2 Race/Ethnicity and Urban EducationPart 3 Social JusticePart 4 Teaching and PedagogyPart 5 Power and Urban EducationPart 6 Cultural Studies and Urban EducationPart 7 Research and Urban EducationPart 8 Aesthetics and Urban EducationPart 9 Education Policy and Urban Education

Joe L. Kincheloe is the Canada Research Chair, Faculty Education, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. kecia hayes is a doctoral candidate in the Ph.D. program in urban education, The City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center. Karel Rose is professor of education and women's studies, Brooklyn College, and doctoral faculty, CUNY Graduate Center. Philip M. Anderson is professor and executive officer, Program in Urban Education, CUNY Graduate Center, and professor of secondary education and youth services, Queens College/CUNY.

Emphasis on urban education is sorely needed, and this series of readings is more than adequate in filling that need and shifting the paradigm of educational theory to current concerns in the urban context. The articles engage readers in examining theory and practice with a grounding in democratic education, often with critical theory or postmodern thought. ...This is essential reading for not only urban educators, but also for educators, as well as administrators and others invested or interested in the current educational terrain of this country. Recommended.

• Part 1 The Context of Urban EducationPart 2 Race/Ethnicity and Urban EducationPart 3 Social JusticePart 4 Teaching and PedagogyPart 5 Power and Urban EducationPart 6 Cultural Studies and Urban EducationPart 7 Research and Urban EducationPart 8 Aesthetics and Urban EducationPart 9 Education Policy and Urban Education