This section is specifically dedicated to providing pre-service and in-service teachers with the most effective strategies in educating urban youth. By using successful strategies, teachers be enabled create a positive academic climate as well as improve student achievement.

Below are several articles that examine specific strategies while providing examples that illustrate their success as well.

• This article discusses a specific method of teaching that has been proven effective in the urban school districts. By using two integrated learning cycles, the student learning cycle and the organizational learning cycle, teachers are able to drive student motivation and meet the primary goal of achieving high levels of student learning. This article discusses how to use these learning cycles effectively to help students reach their full potential.

• This article addresses the difficulty of engaging urban students in their academic pursuits. It examines what schools could to do to better interest students and help maintain student enrollment after freshman year in high school. A possible answer to engage students is enriching the curriculum with technological innovations. This article uncovers the results of a technologically rich urban classroom and analyzes the positive impact of technological skills and the urban student.

• This article first addresses the types of teachers that can be found in urban schools and explains their perceptions and actions within the inner city. Secondly, the article discusses and analyzes four effective elementary and secondary teaching in South Los Angeles. In doing so, it outlines five indicators of effective teaching in urban schools while providing various examples to illustrate how and why such practices increase student achievement.

• In order for urban teachers to be successful, they must understand the students they are teaching. This article examines the urban student, and mainly discusses how violence is one of the greatest influences in their lives. The article also discusses the five forces that influence young students in poverty. After understanding the student, the article suggests “gentle teaching” and as best practice. It offers definitions, provides examples, and finally provides tips for how to implement gentle teaching.

Below is a graphic organizer that illustrates the three different types of teachers that are found in urban schools. The information for this organizer is derived from the article Gangstas, Wankstas, and Ridas: defining, developing, and supporting effective teachers in urban schools by Jeff Duncan-Andrade.

Continuing with the previous diagram, this next organizer specifically examines the characteristics of the successful and effective urban teacher, the "Rida." These urban teachers demonstrate five pillars of effective practice. This information is again derived from the article Gangstas, Wankstas, and Rida: defining, developing, and supporting teachers in urban schools by Jeff Duncan-Andrade.