OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Education and Urban Society is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Bridging the Gap: Exploring Urban High-Needs Teachers’ Perceptions of Online Teaching Readiness and the Digital Divide	22
Educational Leaders and Their Impact on African American Alternatively Certified Male Teacher’s Educational Self-Efficacy	18
Does the Expert-based Collective Advising Mechanism Promote Educational Equity? Experience from China	16
Exploring the Challenges Faced by EFL Primary School Teachers in Urban Peripheries: Insights from Telafer District	15
The Role of Adolescent Anxious Mood, Marijuana Use, and Locus of Control in the School to Prison Pipeline	15
High-Quality Relationships Among Academicians: The Mediating Role of Job Crafting in Enhancing Psychological Well-Being	15
Learning From Success to Disrupt Disparities: Exploring Inclusive Disciplinary Districts in the United States	13
Social Capital and First-Generation College Students: Examining the Relationship Between Mentoring and College Enrollment	11
Criticalizing Teacher Perceptions of Urban School Climate: Exploring the Impact of Racism and Race-Evasive Culture in a Predominantly White Teacher Workforce	11
Enhancing School Appeal: How Experiential Marketing Influences Perceived School Attractiveness in the Urban Context	11
Book Review: Frown Upside Down, a Book Review of Black Boy Smile	10
Has Secondary Science Program Become an Elite Urban Education Product in the Former Colonized Nation?	9
Urban Literacy Leadership: Examining One Principal’s Vision and Practice	8
CORRIGENDUM to When Day Comes We Ask Ourselves, Where Can We Find Light in This Never-Ending Shade? An Introduction to Time for Change	8
Restorative Justice in a No Excuses Charter School	7
Ethnic Studies, Fugivity, and Retention of K–12 Educators of Color	7
Conceptualizing Education for Sustainable Development in Urban Secondary Schools	7
Educational Value Priorities of Chinese Parents in a Global City: A Mixed-Methods Study in Hong Kong	7
Nuance in “No Excuses”: Unexpected Progressive Pedagogy and Policy	6
COVID-19 and Urban Schools: The Public Health Issue of Our Time	6
Recovering Lost Learning Due to COVID 19: Expanding Enrichment Opportunities in an Urban School District	6
Looking Back to Move Forward: Exploring Urban Secondary Education Teacher Perceptions of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy	6
Implicit Sense of Academic Futility: An Unexpected Burden From Lower Secondary Education	5
From Training to Teaching: How Effective Are Teaching Practicum Program in Preparing Professional Teachers?	5
Swimming Between the Rocks: Navigating Equity Detours in Diverse-by-Design Schools	5

Not Another School Shooting: Media, Race, and Gun Violence in K-12 Schools	5
A Study on the Impact of Professional Development of Urban Primary School’s Science Teachers on Interdisciplinary Teaching in China	4
“Equity Work is Messy”: Exploring a Family and Community Partnership in One School District	4
Revisiting the Multi-Tiered System of Supports Framework: An Important Mechanism for Realizing Equitable Education in Urban Schools	4
The Transformative Capacity of Baltimore’s Community Schools: Limits and Possibilities in a Spatially Unjust Urban Context for Black Communities	4
Diversifying Neighborhoods, Diversifying Schools? The Relationship Between Neighborhood Racial Change and School Segregation in New York City	4
Socio-Spatial Differentiation of Chinese Shadow Education Activities During its Peak Period: A Case Study of Dalian Urban Area	4
What We Now Know About Parental Engagement, Which Will Guide the Future	3
The Unintended Consequences of VAM: Excluding Latinx Social Studies Topics	3
SEL in Context: School Mobility and Social-Emotional Learning Trajectories in a Low-Income, Urban School District	3
ACALETICS^® and Predicting Mathematics Achievement With Racially Diverse and Economically Disadvantaged Students	3
Hidden in (Virtual) Plain Sight: A Charter District’s Focus on Attendance During COVID-19	3
A Meta-Analysis: The Association Between Relational Parental Involvement and Student and Parent Outcome Variables	3
“We’ve Been Forgotten”: First-Hand Perspectives on Teacher Leaders and Teacher Leadership in Urban Schools	3
When Day Comes We Ask Ourselves, Where Can We Find Light in This Never-Ending Shade? An Introduction to Time for Change	3
A Thematic Analysis of the Reported Effect Anxiety Has on University Students	3
An Examination of the Impact of China’s Compulsory Education Levels on Urban Economic Resilience: Based on the Mediation and Threshold Effects of Industrial Structure Rationalization and Upgrading	3
How Can Schools Increase Students’ Hopefulness Following the Pandemic?	3
School Choice and Neighborhood Relationships in Urban Areas: An Exploratory Study in Arizona	3
Community-Based Educational Leadership in Principal Preparation: A Comparative Case Study of Aspiring Latina Leaders	3
“People First, Students Second”: Considerations for Building Trusting Relationships Between Educational Professionals and Adolescents in Schools	3
The Impact of Star Teacher Characteristics on Teacher Selection and Retention in Urban High Poverty Schools: A Qualitative Analysis	3
Supporting African Refugee Children in an Afterschool Program: Facilitating Academic and Socio-Emotional Development	2
Predicting the Culturally Responsive Teacher Roles With Cultural Intelligence and Self-Efficacy Using Machine Learning Classification Algorithms	2
From Being Figured to Figuring the World: Identity Work in Young Girls’ Aspirations	2
Investigating Grassroots Theater’s Contribution to Cultural Integration: Insights From Mixed-Methods Research in Urban and Rural China	2
Book Review: Ginsberg, Alice E., Transgressing Teacher Education: Strategies for Equity, Opportunity, and Social Justice in Urban Teacher Preparation and Practice	2
Coordinator and Young Adult Perceptions in Attracting and Retaining Chicago Youth in Out-of-School Time Programming	2
The TEA Evaluation Toolkit: Assessing Transdisciplinary, Experiential, and Adaptive Learning and Teaching in Urban Design Studios	2
Altruism, Jobs, and Alternative Certification: Mathematics Teachers’ Reasons for Entry and Their Retention	2
Impact Analysis of Chinese Government Leadership in the Construction of a Public Service System of Preschool Education	2
Multicultural Classrooms: Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-Efficacy among A Sample of Canadian Preservice Teachers	2
Navigating Equality in Schools: The Sociological Impact of Leadership on Student Success	2
Student Engagement in Homework: The Case of Private and Government Secondary Schools in the City of Addis Ababa	1
Future Orientation as a Moderator of Bullying Victimization and School Outcomes: Comparing Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Urban African American Adolescents	1
Parental Involvement Barriers and Their Influence on Student Self-Regulation in Primary Education	1
Psychosocial and Educational Vulnerability of Overweight Children from Urban Schools	1
Staying Put: Positive Spillovers on Teacher Retention From a Middle School Science Initiative	1
Complex Relationships: Youth-Serving Community-Based Non-Profits in the Urban Schooling Landscape	1
The Internal Structure and Influence Mechanism of Double Qualified-Teachers’ Quality and Competence	1
Revisiting, Reframing and Recovering Learning Loss: An Arched Impression on Primary Education During Covid Epoch	1
Three Parameters of Urban K-8 Education During Pre- and Post-Covid-19 Restrictions: Comparison of Students of Slums, Tin-Sheds, and Flats in Bangladesh	1
Cultural Centers as Agents of Educational Enhancement in Urban Schools	1
Self-Efficacy, Subjective Norms, Self-Regulated Learning: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior With GEAR UP Students	1
Incoming! Spatial Enrollment Competition between Charter Schools and Traditional Public Schools	1
Time for Change: Understanding Teacher Social-Emotional Learning Supports for Anti-Racism and Student Well-Being During COVID-19, and Beyond	1
Off the Map? A Cartographic Glimpse into Urban Students’ Home Learning Environments	1
Social Disorganization, Community Engagement, and Public High School Performance	1
The Future Ready Lab: Maintaining Students’ Access to Internships during Times of Crisis	1
Can Early Childhood Education Cultivate More Engaged Citizens in Midlife? Findings From Urban Youth of Color	1

Teacher Retention in High-Poverty Urban Schools: The Role of Empowerment, Leadership, and Collaboration	1
Stakeholders’ Views on Parental Involvement in the Schooling of Children in an Urban School: A Case Study	1
Interactive Instructor for a Synergistic Student-Centered and Personalized Teaching: A Biosocial Approach	1
“You Can Only Choose From the Things You Know”: Engaging With Students’ Dark and Politicized Funds of Knowledge in the Music Classroom	1
Educational Social Enterprise and the Wicked Problem of Creativity and Literacy	1
Implementing ICT for Supporting Learning? A Case Study of an ICT-Exemplary Kindergarten in Urban China	1
Today’s Civil Rights Fight: What’s Math Got to Do With It?	1
Social-Emotional Learning and Motivational Interviews With Middle School Youth With Disabilities or At-Risk for Disability Identification	1
Creating Collective Responsibility at School: Principals’ Roles, Faced Challenges, and Solution Strategies	1
Am I Safe at My Educational Place? Creating Secure and Sustainable Urban Learning Spaces Through Green Infrastructure and Ecological Education	1
Construction and Validation of the Perception of Attention to Diversity Scale (PADS)	1
Administering Discipline: An Examination of the Factors Shaping School Discipline Practices	1
Exploring the Role of Family-School Partnerships in School Choice	1
The Role of Urban Planning for Sustainable Preschool Education Environment: In the Context of Rapid Urbanization in Addis Ababa	1