International Handbook of Urban Education

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pink, William T. (Editor), Noblit, George W. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: Springer International Handbooks of Education ; 19
• Subjects: Education.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Educational sociology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Education, general.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Sociology of Education.

It is evident that urban education has become the central focus of educators at the present time. In the U.S., for example, almost one third of all school age children attend schools in large urban school districts. It is in these urban schools where the diversity of cultures and languages is highes...