<P>This book is about the transition from teacher <EM>preparation</EM> to teaching <EM>practice</EM> in urban school settings. It provides a clear presentation of the challenges, resources, and opportunities for learning to teach in urban schools; examples of the experiences, perceptions, and practices of teachers who are effective in urban schools and those who are not; a detailed account of the journey of a team of teachers who transformed their practice to improve learning in a low performing urban school; an approach that can be used by novice teachers in joining a teacher community and making the transition from preparation to practice; and perspective on leadership that can be used to create a context for transforming teacher professional development in an urban school district. <EM>Learning to Teach in Urban Schools</EM> offers rare insight into how teachers can transform their own practice and in the process, transform the culture of low performing urban schools. </P>