by Douglas Fisher, Ph.D., & Nancy Frey, Ph.D.

What are the particular challenges of inclusion in urban elementary, middle, or high schools — and how do teachers, administrators, and other education professionals successfully address them? Find out in this absorbing book, which uses nine in-depth case studies of actual city schools or districts to explore key issues in urban inclusive education. For each major city chapter, some of which are written by teachers and principals themselves, you’ll

• examine how they addressed a crucial topic in inclusion, such as early literacy instruction, diversity, peer relationships, access to the general curriculum, curricular adaptations, and transition
  
  
• discover practical ideas and lessons — complete with sample forms and worksheets — that you can use with students of varying grade levels and disabilities
  
  
• explore the history of their inclusion effort, diversity of their student body, and service delivery for their students with disabilities
  
  
• learn from the commentary of leading researchers, who expand on the lessons learned and provide information about implementing inclusive reforms

Whether you’re in charge of a classroom, a school, or a whole school system, you’ll need this honest yet hopeful book to navigate the challenges of inclusive urban education.

About the Editors
About the Contributors

1. Urban Education and Inclusive Schools: An Introduction
   Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher
   
   
2. Learning Together and From Each Other: Inclusive Practices at the O’Hearn in Boston
   Bill Henderson
   
   Commentary 2
   Of Diamonds and Schools: Reflections on the O’Hearn in Boston
   Barbara E. Buswell
   
   
3. A Triangle of Supports in South Florida
   Denyse Patel Henry and Nancy Frey
   
   Commentary 3
   Scaling Up: Expanding the Triangle of Supports
   Virginia Roach
   
   
4. Preventing Reading Difficulties and Ensuring Access to General Education Curriculum: Early Grade Literacy Instruction in Houston and Forth Worth
   Kerri L. Briggs and Meaghan Edmonds
   
   Commentary 4
   Urban Literacy: Ensuring Access to the Curriculum for All Students in Houston and Fort Worth
   Jacqueline Thousand and Alice Leilani Quiocho
   
   
5. The Formation of a Spiritually Centered Learning Community: Congress School in Milwaukee
   Maureen W. Keyes, Alice Udvari-Solner, Jan Bloedorn, Ron Taylor, Nancy Annaromao, Tayotis Caldwell, Keona Jones, and Mary Beth Minkley
   
   Commentary 5
   The Role of Visioning: Commentary on the Formation of a Spiritually Centered Community at Congress School
   Leonard C. Burrello
   
   
6. Supporting One Another: Peer Tutoring in an Inclusive San Diego High School
   Rebecca Jean Bond and Elizabeth Castagnera
   
   Commentary 6
   Peer-to-Peer Relationships as a Foundation for Inclusive Education
   Craig H. Kennedy
   
   
7. How to High: Analyses and Processes in Chicago High Schools
   Mark W. Doyle and Laura Owens-Johnson
   
   Commentary 7
   Education Connection: Reflections on Descriptions of Inclusive High Schools in Chicago
   James McLeskey and Nancy L. Waldron
   
   
8. Pathfinders: Making a Way From Segregation to Community Life in New York
   Connie Lyle O'Brien, Beth Mount, John O’Brien, and Fredda Rosen
   
   Commentary 8
   Lessons from New York City’s Pathfinders Project: It Is Never Too Late to Start Doing Good Work
   Caren L. Sax
   
   
9. Whole Schooling and Inclusion in Detroit: Lessons from the Motor City
   Michael Peterson
   
   Commentary 9
   The Shaping of Inclusion: Efforts in Detroit and Other Urban Settings
   Fredda Brown and Craig A. Michaels
   
   
10. System Change in Los Angeles, the City of Angels
    Richard A. Villa, Mary Falvey, and Judy Schrag
    
    Commentary 10
    Facilitating Sustainable Systemic Change in School Systems: Lessons Learned from Los Angeles
    Diane Lea Ryndak
    
    
11. Inclusive Urban Schools:A Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
    Alan Gartner and Dorothy Kerzner Lipsky

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