CONTENTS
Series Editors’ Introduction and Summary, P A R T 1: URBAN CHALLENGES: LEADERSHIP STRUCTURES AND GOVERNANCE. Meeting the Challenges of Urban Communities: Funding School Districts, C. Kent McGuire. Taking Over: Which School Leadership Structures Generate Success in Restructured Districts? Mark Hoff. A Research-Based Profession is Needed to Meet the Challenge of Urban Schools, David M. Gates. P A R T 2: THE HIGHER EDUCATION CONTEXT AND STUDENT PERFORMANCE. Professional Identity Formation: Socialization and Mentoring of Pre-Service Teachers in Urban Communities, Roselynn U. Obi. Caribbean Students’ Adjustment to College: Implications for Higher Education Policy, D. Bruce Campbell, Jr. Addressing the Needs of Hispanic Students in K–16 Settings, Jeannette Perez. P A R T 3: SPECIAL POPULATIONS AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. Meeting the Academic Needs of Urban Populations: Homeless Families and Students, Kimberly D. Matthews. Wordsworth Academy: Adapting Educational Reform to the Private Alternative School Setting, Roger Cadenhead. Student Achievement and School Reform in an Urban School District, Vivian Ikpa. Education Policy and Student Achievement in Urban Schools: Assessing the P.A.T.H.S. Program, Diane Bowen-Lipscomb. P A R T 4: EDUCATION POLICY, REFORM, AND STUDENT PERFORMANCE. Supplemental Educational Services in Pennsylvania: Policy Perspectives, Effects, and Challenges, Charlyene C. Pinckney. Alternative Certification: Does It Lend Itself as a Form of Viable Policy to Be Included as a Factor in Teacher Preparation and Certification? Debra Johnson. Deconstructing Special and Gifted Education Policy and Practice: A Paradigm of Ethical Leadership in Residentially Segregated Schools and Communities, York Williams. P A R T 5: THE K–12 URBAN CONTEXT: IMPROVING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. Reforming Urban Schools: Five Years from Despair to Hope, Donald Anticoli. Building Capacity and Raising Awareness: Implementing NCLB and Its Impact on World Languages, Oscar Torres, Jr. Motivating Students through Meaningful Report Cards, Laurie Zaring. Universal Pre-Kindergarten as a Basis of Urban Educational Reform, Greg Kratzer. About the Contributors.