Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Part I: Critical Issues in Urban Education and Challenges for the Sociology of Education
Introduction: Challenges of the New Sociology of Urban Education
Karen A. McClafferty, Carlos A. Torres and Theodore R. Mitchell
1. Power, Meaning, and Identity: Critical Sociology of Education in the United States
Michael W. Apple
2. Social Theory and Educational Research: Reframing the Quantitative-Qualitative Distinction through a Critical Theory of Methodology
Raymond A. Morrow
3. Sociology of Education and Urban Education Policy
Geoff Whitty
Part II: Empirical Perspectives on Urban Education
4. Where Neoliberal Ideology Meets Social Context: A Comparative Analysis of U.S. Charter Schools and England's Grant-Maintained Schools
Amy Stuart Wells
5. Corporations and Classrooms: A Critical Examination of the Business Agenda for Urban School Reform
Roslyn Arlin Mickelson
6. A Comparative Analysis of Existing Secondary School Discipline Policies: Implications for Improving Practice and School Safety
Pamela Fenning, James D. Wilczynski, and Marianela Parraga
7. Modeling the Effects of Changing Demography on Student Learning: Applications Designed to Change School District Practices
Anthony Gary Dworkin, Laurence A. Toenjes, Margaret K. Purser, and Ayman Sheikh-Hussin
8. Gangsta Pedagogy and Ghettoncentricity: The Hip-Hop Nation as Counterpublic Sphere
Peter McLaren
9. Battlin' Nihilism at an Urban High School: Pedagogy, Perseverance, and Hope
David Keiser
Part III: In Conclusion: Reflections on the Dilemmas of Urban Education Reform
10. Gaps, Bridges, and Buffers in the Research, Policy, and Practice of Urban Education: A Dialogue
Theodore R. Mitchell, Carlos A. Torres, and Karen A. McClafferty
11. Memoirs of Urban Education Policymakers: A Dialogue among Three Former Urban School Superintendents
Harry Handler, Sid Thompson, and Eugene Tucker with Carlos A. Torres and Karen A. McClafferty
The Contributors
Index