Contents : Francine P. Peterman: Preface: A Call to Activism, A Call to Hope - Sharon P. Robinson: Introduction - Victoria Chou/Steven Tozer: What's Urban Got to Do with it? The Meanings of Urban in Urban Teacher Preparation and Development - Francine P. Peterman/Kristy C. Sweigard: Defining Standards that Respond to the Urban Context: A Call to Activism - Peter C. Murrell, Jr.: Toward Social Justice in Urban Education: A Model of Collaborative Cultural Inquiry in Urban Schools - Dennis Shirley: Promoting Participatory Democracy Through Community Organizing - Mark G. Storz/Karen R. Nestor: It's All About Relationships: Urban Middle Schools Students Speak out on Effective Schooling Practices - Cris Mayo/Maria Alburquerque Candela/Eugene Matusov/Mark Smith: Families and Schools Apart: University Experience to Assist Latino/a Parents' Activism - Afra Hersi/Dennis Shirley: From Radical Visions to Messy Realities: Complexities in the Preparation of Urban Teacher Educators - Francine P. Peterman/R. D. Nordgren: Facing the Dilemmas Within Creating and Supporting Urban Teacher Education with a Social Justice Agenda - Kristien Marquez-Zenkov: Teaching What Matters in the City: Novice Urban Educators and Community-Relevant Standards - Brian Yusko: New Teacher Induction and Professional Development Through a Video Technology Mentoring Program - Karen Hunter Quartz/Brad Olsen/Jeff Duncan-Andrade: The Fragility of Urban Teaching: A Longitudinal Study of Career Development and Activism - James Fraser: Conclusion: Situating Teacher Education in Social Activism.