A volume in Urban Education Studies Series Series Editors Nicholas D. Hartlep, Illinois State University, Thandeka K. Chapman, University of California, San Diego and Kenny Varner, Louisiana State University In urban education, "urban" is a floating signifier that is imbued with meaning, positive or negative by its users. "Urban" can be used to refer to both the geographical context of a city and a sense of "less than," most often in relation to race and/ or socioeconomic status (Watson, 2011). For Noblit and Pink (2007), "Urban, rather, is a generalization as much about geography as it is...

A volume in Urban Education Studies Series Series Editors Nicholas D. Hartlep, Illinois State University, Thandeka K. Chapman, University of California, San Diego and Kenny Varner, Louisiana State University In urban education, "urban" is a floating signifier that is imbued with meaning, positive or negative by its users. "Urban" can be used to refer to both the geographical context of a city and a sense of "less than," most often in relation to race and/ or socioeconomic status (Watson, 2011). For Noblit and Pink (2007), "Urban, rather, is a generalization as much about geography as it is...