Acknowledgments Introduction William F. Tate IV   Part I. Conceptualizing Urban Space   Chapter 1: Neighborhood Inequality, Violence, and the Social Infrastructure of the American City Robert J. Sampson Chapter 2: Toward a Theory of Place: Social Mobility, Proximity, and Proximal Capital Odis D. Johnson, Jr. Chapter 3: Urban Opportunity Structure and Racial/Ethnic Polarization George C. Galster Chapter 4:Racial Segregation in Multiethnic Schools: Adding Immigrants to the Analysis Ingrid Gould Ellen, Katherine O’Regan, Amy Ellen Schwartz, and Leanaa Stiefel   Part II. The Growing Complexity of Metropolitan America   Chapter 5: Suburbanization and School Segregation sean f. reardon, John T. Yun, and Anna K. Chmielewski Chapter 6: Schools Matter: Segregation, Unequal Educational Opportunities, and the Achievement Gap in the Boston Region John R. Logan and Deirdre Oakley Chapter 7: Still Separate, Still Unequal, but Not Always So “Suburban”: The Changing Nature of Suburban School Districts in the New York Metropolitan Area. Amy Stuart Wells, Douglas Ready, Jacquelyn Duran, Courtney Grzesikowski, Kathryn Hill, Allison Roda, Miya Warner, and Terenda White Chapter 8: Adding Geospatial Perspective to Research on Schools, Communities, and Neighborhoods Mark C. Hogrebe   Part III. Teaching and Learning Research in Social Context   Chapter 9: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges to a Cultural and Ecological Framework for Studying Human Learning and Development Carol D. Lee Chapter 10: An Ecological and Activity Theoretic Approach to Studying Diasporic and Non-Dominant Communities Kris D. Gutiérrez and Angela E. Arzubiaga Chapter 11: Reconstructing Education in America Henry M. Levin Chapter 12: Can School Improvement Reduce Racial Inequality? Stephen Raudenbush Chapter 13: Seeing Our Way Into Learning Science in Informal Environments Shirley Brice Heath Chapter 14: No Color Necessary: High School Students’ Discourse on College Support Systems and College Readiness Evellyn Elizondo, Walter R. Allen, and Miguel Ceja Chapter 15: Taking Math and Science to Black Parents: Promises and Challenges of a Community-Based Intervention for Educational Change Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Linwood Cousins, Anne Valasco, and Brian Williams   Part IV. Research on Human Development, Health, and Human Service Providers in Social Context Chapter 16: Maximizing Cultural and Contextually-Sensitive Assessment Strategies in Developmental and Educational Research Margaret Beale Spencer, Brian Tinsley, Davido Dupree, and Suzanne Fegley Chapter 17: Immigrant Children—Hiding in Plain Sight in the Margins of the Urban Infrastructure Michael A. Olivas Chapter 18: Delivering High-Quality Public Services to Vulnerable Families and Children in America’s Cities: The Lessons from Reforming Child Welfare Olivia Golden Chapter 19: Health Disparities among African Americans in Urban Populations Sheri R. Notaro Chapter 20: A “Tragic Dichotomy:” A Case Study of Industrial Lead Contamination and Management in a Company Town Jill McNew-Birren Chapter 21: Pandemic Preparedness: Using Geospatial Models to Inform Planning in Systems of Education and Health in Metropolitan American William F. Tate IV Part V. Case Studies of Metropolitan Communities   Chapter 22: Urban America in Distress: A Case Study Analysis of Gary, Indiana: 1968-1987 Gail E. Wolfe Chapter 23: God’s Will or Government Policy? Katrina’s Unveiling of History and Mass Dispersion of Black People Jerome E. Morris Epilogue Chapter 24: Research Infrastructure for Improving Urban Education Larry V. Hedges and Nathan Jones  Chapter 25: The White House Office on Urban Affairs: Regionalism, Sustainability, and the Neglect of Social Infrastructure Ronald Walters Chapter 26: Toward Civic Responsibility and Civic Engagement William F. Tate IV

Professor Tate is to be congratulated for emphasizing the role geography and location can play in research on schools. Issues of racial segregation and inequality are at the forefront here, grounded in theoretical scholarship on place and methodological work on how learning takes place. Issues of health, immigration, culture, and college readiness are studied in a spatially sensitive manner, emphasizing that schools are not isolated islands but offer greater or lesser opportunities depending on where they are located. The book should be required reading for anyone interested in schools, neighborhoods, or communities.