R. Martin Reardon is associate professor in the Educational Leadership department of the College of Education at East Carolina University, USA. Jack Leonard, now retired, was an associate professor in the Leadership in Urban Schools program at University of Massachusetts Boston, USA.

• IntroductionChapter 1. Guiding Urban Youth Across the High School/College Divide: Insights from a Community-Engaged Research Project; Jie Park, Peter Weyler, Amber Pouliot, and Kasandra GarciaChapter 2. Lessons Learned from the Leading in Newcomer Communities and Schools Partnership Project; Gloria E. Miller, Rashida Banerjee, Lydia Dumam, Savannah Hobbs, Grace C. Ilori, and Clara CuthbertChapter 3. On Working Toward Equitable Learning Communities: Thinking Across National Borders; Joanie Crandall and Paul H. L. EasterlingChapter 4. Bridging the Gap: Reforming Grading Practices for Improved Student Equity and Achievement; Laura J. Link, Maureen P. Leeson, and Joseph R. AnthesChapter 5. Meeting the Needs and Expectations of Parents in a University-Community Partnership: Bridging the Town-Gown Division through an After-School Tutoring Early Field Experience; Meagan C. Arrastía-Chisholm, Samantha Tackett, Kelly M. Torres, and Carlos HundleyChapter 6. Exploring the Weaponization of Professionalism: Implications for Educator Well-Being and Retention in Academic Spaces; Dyann Logwood, Heather Nicholson-Bester, and Hannah BollinChapter 7. Evidence-Based Practices for Improving Science Education Learning Conditions in a Time of Division: Understanding the Knowledge and Opinions of Turkish Pre-Service Physics Teacher; Sevim BezenChapter 8. Partnerships and Collaborations: A Multifaceted Narrative; Marius Boboc, Xiongyi Liu, Elena Andrei, Mary Frances Buckley-Marudas, Grace Huang, Terri Purcell, Sharon Swan, Markita C. Warren, and Anne GallettaChapter 9. Exploring University and Community-Based Partnerships within a Preservice Education Course; Curtis Mason, Elizabeth Coder, and Cara Knox GutzmerChapter 10. Epistemic Authority and School-University Partnerships: Findings from a Collaborative Inquiry; Angela Vemic, Lincoln S. Smith, Sisi Xiao Feng, and Danielle DenichaudChapter 11. Navigating the Challenges of School, Community, and University Partnerships; Regina Garrett-Spruill

R. Martin Reardon is associate professor in the Educational Leadership department of the College of Education at East Carolina University, USA. Jack Leonard, now retired, was an associate professor in the Leadership in Urban Schools program at University of Massachusetts Boston, USA.

• IntroductionChapter 1. Guiding Urban Youth Across the High School/College Divide: Insights from a Community-Engaged Research Project; Jie Park, Peter Weyler, Amber Pouliot, and Kasandra GarciaChapter 2. Lessons Learned from the Leading in Newcomer Communities and Schools Partnership Project; Gloria E. Miller, Rashida Banerjee, Lydia Dumam, Savannah Hobbs, Grace C. Ilori, and Clara CuthbertChapter 3. On Working Toward Equitable Learning Communities: Thinking Across National Borders; Joanie Crandall and Paul H. L. EasterlingChapter 4. Bridging the Gap: Reforming Grading Practices for Improved Student Equity and Achievement; Laura J. Link, Maureen P. Leeson, and Joseph R. AnthesChapter 5. Meeting the Needs and Expectations of Parents in a University-Community Partnership: Bridging the Town-Gown Division through an After-School Tutoring Early Field Experience; Meagan C. Arrastía-Chisholm, Samantha Tackett, Kelly M. Torres, and Carlos HundleyChapter 6. Exploring the Weaponization of Professionalism: Implications for Educator Well-Being and Retention in Academic Spaces; Dyann Logwood, Heather Nicholson-Bester, and Hannah BollinChapter 7. Evidence-Based Practices for Improving Science Education Learning Conditions in a Time of Division: Understanding the Knowledge and Opinions of Turkish Pre-Service Physics Teacher; Sevim BezenChapter 8. Partnerships and Collaborations: A Multifaceted Narrative; Marius Boboc, Xiongyi Liu, Elena Andrei, Mary Frances Buckley-Marudas, Grace Huang, Terri Purcell, Sharon Swan, Markita C. Warren, and Anne GallettaChapter 9. Exploring University and Community-Based Partnerships within a Preservice Education Course; Curtis Mason, Elizabeth Coder, and Cara Knox GutzmerChapter 10. Epistemic Authority and School-University Partnerships: Findings from a Collaborative Inquiry; Angela Vemic, Lincoln S. Smith, Sisi Xiao Feng, and Danielle DenichaudChapter 11. Navigating the Challenges of School, Community, and University Partnerships; Regina Garrett-Spruill