Reaction to the Promise of Urban Schools

I found the reading, "The Promise of Urban Schools", to be both very interesting and informative. I have always known that the urban school districts don't have the same resources and advantages that the suburban school districts have but never knew exactly to what extent. This reading was full of this information and really made me realize that it truly up to the teachers and future teachers such as myself to know that if we are placed in an urban school district that we must bring that much more to our lessons. We need to really come through full force and make sure we teach these children all that we can in any way that we can. We won't always have the resources and tools that we may want or need but we should go out of our way to provide a productive learning environment that results in intelligent well prepared students who could go toe to toe with a student who came from a suburban school district and that was clearly brought up with more learning tools. I am looking forward to visiting the Newark Arts High School because I am eager to see if the issues and solutions that were discussed in this paper are really done and accounted for. I would also like to see the results and effect that it has on its students and the way they perform academically. I have never been in an urban school district or even a public school for that matter so the only knowledge I have is that which I have heard from others. I am really excited to see the Urban School at work and eager to see if the school we are visiting abides by the guidelines and promises discussed in this reading.