The Challenges and Opportunities of Urban Education Notes

The Challenges and Opportunities of Urban Education

Author(s): Jeffrey M. Duncan-Andrade and Ernest Morrell
Source: Counterpoints, 2008, Vol. 285
Published by: Peter Lang AG
Stable URL: JSTOR
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Chapter Overview

• Discussion on ideological and structural dilemmas in urban education.

• Examination of systemic issues: lack of funding, high dropout rates, excessive teacher attrition, low standardized test scores.

• Positioning critical pedagogy as a solution to these dilemmas.

• Conclusion includes an outline for subsequent chapters in the book.

Rethinking School Failures

• Urban schools are often labeled as