talking points:

• Urban Education: Visions and Pitfalls (56:00) -- 4th Street Forum (mptv show air date September 2010) featuring Thandeka Chapman UWM
  
• "What do You Mean When You Say 'Urban'"? - Diane Watson - Rethinking Schools Fall 2011
• "Creating an Anti-Racist Classroom" -- Danielle Moss Lee - Edutopia January 2012
  
• Scenes from The Wire (Season 4, episodes 8, 9, & 10)

Episode 8: http://mediamill.cla.umn.edu/mediamill/display/64256

Episode 9: http://mediamill.cla.umn.edu/mediamill/display/64257

Episode 10: http://mediamill.cla.umn.edu/mediamill/display/64258

(Questions for discussion: How does the school perpetuate existing inequities? What forces seem to conspire against the school? What pressures are there on the teachers?  Who benefits from this system?  Who does not? What is the role of a teacher or a school in changing this system?) 

resources:

• Teaching Writing - Urban Education  (NWP Teaching Resources)
• NWP Urban Sites Network
  
• "Creating an Anti-Racist Classroom" -- Danielle Moss Lee - Edutopia January 2012
• Dr. Mary Hermes -- (40 minute talk) -- "Cultural Production, Narrative Theory and Native American Language Revitalization 
• Camden, NJ -- "Urban High school's rare feat: No dropouts"

books & People:

• "Navigating Urban Literacies" -- 1 hour talk by Ernest Morrell at NWP Urban Sites Conference in Boston, MA 2011  
  
• Becoming critical researchers: Literacy and empowerment for urban youth -- Ernest Morrell
• Linking Literacy and Popular Culture: Finding Connections for Lifelong Learning -- Ernest Morrell