Literacy development of students in urban schools: research and policy

Poverty and student achievement: a hopeful review / Jane Hannaway

Poverty and achievement: a response to Jane Hannaway / Rita M. Bean

The effects of health and social welfare factors on literacy development in urban schools / Joy G. Dryfoos

The effects of health and social welfare factors on literacy development: implications for teachers and teacher preparation: a response to Joy Dryfoos / MaryEllen Vogt

Violence as a factor in the lives of urban youth / Douglas Fisher, Jennifer E. Obidah, Mary Helen Pelton, and Jack Campana

Violence in the lives of urban youth: a response to Douglas Fisher, Jennifer Obidah, Mary Helen Pelton, and Jack Campana / Victoria Chou and Esther Mosak

School programs family and community involvement in children's reading and literacy development across the grades / Steven B. Sheldon and Joyce L. Epstein

Family And community involvement in children's reading and literacy development: a response to Steven Sheldon and Joyce Epstein / Jeanne R. Paratore

Exemplary reading instruction in the elementary school: how reading develops-how students learn and teachers teach / Diane Lapp and James Flood

Examining exemplary reading instruction in urban settings: implications for teachers and the students they teach: a response to Diane Lapp and James Flood / Doris Walker-Dalhouse

Exemplary literacy instruction in grades 7-12: what counts and who's counting? / Donna E. Alvermann

Let's not minimize the "Big L" in adolescent literacy: a response to Donna Alvermann / Richard T. Vacca

Professional preparation and development of teachers in literacy instruction for urban settings / Virginia Richardson and Patricia L. Anders

The importance of professional development to unlock the potential of students in urban settings: a response to Virginia Richardson and Patricia Anders / Eric J. Cooper and Yvette Jackson

Culture and language: bidialectical issues in literacy / Carol D. Lee

Dialects, society, and schools: a response to Carol Lee / Arnetha F. Ball

The persistence of inequality: English-language learners and educational reform / Kris D. Gutiérrez

Culture, context, and diversity: a perspective on urban school reform: a response to Kris Gutiérrez / Robert Rueda

Overrepresentation of culturally and linguistically diverse students in special education in urban schools: a research synthesis / Cheryl A. Utley, Festus E. Obiakor, and Elizabeth B. Kozleski

A loss of equity, excellence, and expectations through overrepresentation of culturally and linguistically diverse students in special education: a response to Cheryl Utley, Festus Obiakor, and Elizabeth Kozleski / Victoria J. Risko

High performance in high-poverty schools: 90/90/90 and beyond / Douglas B. Reeves

The seduction of simple solutions: a response to Douglas Reeves / Donna Ogle

A rhetoric for school reform / Charles Taylor Kerchner

Should We close the book on school reform? A response to Charles Taylor Kerchner / Timothy V. Rasinski

State policy and its impact on urban reading programs / Virginia Roach

Delivering strong urban reading programs in the current policy environment: reinvent, circumvent, or just plain vent? A response to Virginia Roach / Cathy M. Roller.