Ginsberg, Alice E., Joan Poliner Shapiro, and Shirley P. Brown. Gender in Urban Education: Strategies for Student Achievement. Portsmouth, N.H.: Heineman, 2004. 183 pp.

by Sheryl Stoeck

With so many demands on teachers' time, educators frequently find it hard to reflect meaningfully on their pedagogical practice, let alone share their difficulties and successes with colleagues. Gender in Urban Education: Strategies for Student Achievement challenges the solitary nature of teaching by sharing teachers' experiences with integrating gender issues into their practice and encouraging other educators to do the same. Written by Alice Ginsberg, Joan Poliner Shapiro, and Shirley P. Brown, the book incorporates past research and teaching ideas from previously published literature with the authors' own experience as leaders of a professional development program sponsored by the Pennsylvania Humanities Project. In the Gender Awareness Through Education (GATE) program, Ginsberg served as project director, Shapiro as a participant evaluator, and Brown as a seminar facilitator.