City Kids, City Schools: More Reports from the Front Row

by William Ayers (Editor), Gloria Ladson-Billings (Editor), Gregory Michie (Editor)

There is an alternate cover edition for this ISBN13 here.

A follow-up to the classic collection on the realities of teaching and learning in urban schools.

Of the approximately 50 million public school students in the United States, more than half are in urban schools. A contemporary companion to City Kids, City Teachers: Reports from the Front Row, this new and timely collection has been compiled by four of the country's most prominent urban educators. Contributors including Sandra Cisneros, Jonathan Kozol, Sapphire, and Patricia J. Williams provide some of the best writing on life in city schools and neighborhoods. Young people and practicing teachers, poets and scholars, social critics and journalists offer unique takes on topics ranging from culturally relevant teaching and scripted curricula to the criminalization of youth, gentrification, and the inequities of school funding.

In the words of Sonia Nieto, City Kids, City Schools "challenge[s] the conventional wisdom of what it means to teach in urban schools."

Genres: Education, Nonfiction, Teaching, Anthologies, Professional Development

346 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2008

About the author

William Ayers is Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago (retired), education activist, and bestselling author of Teaching the Taboo: Courage and Imagination in the Classroom (with Rick Ayers), To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher, Third Edition, and To Teach: The Journey, in Comics (with Ryan Alexander-Tanner).

Reviews

[Nathan]

I gained a lot of perspective about pedagogy especially within city environments. This book is filled with essays regarding the lives of teachers and students working in urban classrooms across the U.S.

[Arham Chow]

great blend of fiction and nonfiction ... makes teaching in urban schools very hopeful

[Maren]

Pretty good for a textbook!

[Stacey Liu]

There are so many heartfelt and inspiring stories that I regret myself for not have hearing about this book before

[Leigh]

One of the best anthologies on education I've found yet. It's a collage of poetry, short stories, essays, memoirs, etc. all linked by the central theme of innercity students. It's educating and einspiring at the same time.

[Dave Brown]

A a must read for any teacher or human being who really wants to understand what is happening in our schools and community.

[Jacque]

Urban educators guide to reality. Starts with the kids and their stories, moves out to the institutions. Must read.