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urban education  

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  • What is urban education? The connotation and denotation of the word urban can be quite different, especially when metropolitan areas with large school systems are called “urban districts.” In this entry, the concepts of urban and urban education are defined and described to provide readers with background knowledge of these social identifiers and their connections to African American communities. The entry covers many of the issues that plague urban districts and how these challenges have been addressed. [Source: Encyclopedia of African American Education; Urban Education]

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