Francine P. Peterman is a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Foundations at Cleveland State University and has served as an urban teacher educator for seventeen years since attaining her Ph.D. at the University of Arizona. Peterman writes about urban teaching and teacher preparation, standards for urban teacher education, inquiry-based teaching and learning, and the invention of cultures and practices that support renewal that is socially just. Her roots in teaching in Miami, Florida for twelve years and partnering with local Cleveland schools keep her grounded in her work in school...