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About the Urban Education format

Urban Education is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Critical Race Theory in Education, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, School Choice and Performance.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Urban Education, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inCritical Race Theory in Education Teacher Education and Leadership Studies School Choice and Performance Parental Involvement in Education Diverse Education Studies and Reforms
ISSN0042-0859
Citation impact (2-yr)1.34
h-index110
i10-index1,092
Total citations65,204
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Journal websitewww.sagepub.com
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Papers published in Urban Education per year

76
2014
74
2015
91
2016
48
2017
95
2018
55
2019
89
2020
53
2021
83
2022
55
2023
52
2024
79
2025

Citation impact of Urban Education by publication year

2.9K
2014
2.6K
2015
5.3K
2016
1.5K
2017
2.8K
2018
782
2019
1.7K
2020
732
2021
805
2022
288
2023
168
2024
84
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Urban Education

The Relationship Between Parental Involvement and Urban Secondary School Student Academic Achievement

William H. Jeynes · 14 Dec 2006

A meta-analysis is undertaken, including 52 studies, to determine the influence of parental involvement on the educational outcomes of urban secondary school children. Statistical analyses are done to determine the overall impact of parental involvement as well as specific components of parental involvement. Four different measures of educational outcomes are used. These measures include an…

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Examining Transformational Resistance Through a Critical Race and Latcrit Theory Framework

Daniel G. Solórzano, Dolores Delgado Bernal · 1 May 2001

Using critical race theory and Latina/Latino critical race theory as a framework, this article utilizes the methods of qualitative inquiry and counterstorytelling to examine the construct of student resistance. The authors use two events in Chicana/Chicano student history—the 1968 East Los Angeles school walkouts and the 1993 UCLA student strike for Chicana and Chicano studies.…

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Teachers' Perceptions and Expectations and the Black-White Test Score Gap

Ronald F. Ferguson · 1 Jul 2003

Scholars have documented that Black students enter kindergarten with weaker reading skills than their White counterparts and that this disparity sometimes persists through secondary school. This Black-White performance gap is even more evident when comparing students whose parents have equal years of schooling. This article evaluates how schools can positively affect this disparity by examining…

The Trouble with Black Boys:

Pedro Noguera · 1 Jul 2003

There is considerable confusion regarding why Black males are overrepresented in categories typically associated with negative behavioral outcomes. Drawing on research from a variety of disciplines, this article explores the influence of environmental and cultural factors on the academic performance of Black males. The article also examines the ways in which environmental and cultural forces…

Confronting the Marginalization of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

Christine E. Sleeter · 28 Feb 2012

Globally, over the last two decades, attention to culturally responsive, multicultural approaches to teaching have largely been supplanted by standardized curricula and pedagogy that derive from neoliberal business models of school reform. In this essay, I discuss three factors that contribute to the marginalization of culturally responsive pedagogy: (a) a persistence of faulty and simplistic…

Urban Education template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Urban Education format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Urban Education template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Urban Education use?
Urban Education uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Urban Education, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Urban Education?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Urban Education document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Urban Education template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Urban Education format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Urban Education?
Urban Education is a multidisciplinary journal published by SAGE. DocuGuru's Urban Education template matches SAGE's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Urban Education PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Urban Education template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
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