Date: December 11th 2008

Hello all,

The Journal of Urban Mathematics Education has just published its inaugural issue at http://education.gsu.edu/JUME. We invite you to review the Table of Contents here and then visit our web site to review articles and items of interest. We wanted to share this announcement with you before we announced it on a large scale.

Special thanks to the hard work of the editorial team, advisory board, our reviewers and all of the authors that contributed to the historic launch effort.

EDITORIAL

Illuminating Urban Excellence: A Movement of Change within Mathematics Education (pp. 1-4)

Lou Edward Matthews

COMMENTARY

Putting the "Urban" in Mathematics Education Scholarship (pp. 5-9)

William F. Tate

ARTICLES

Racism, Assessment, and Instructional Practices: Implications for Mathematics Teachers of African American Students (pp. 10-34)

Julius Davis, Danny Bernard Martin

Learning Mathematics in a Borderland Position: Students� Foregrounds and Intentionality in a Brazilian Favela (pp. 35-59)

Ole Skovsmose, Pedro Paulo Scandiuzzi, Paola Valero, Helle Alro

Math Links: Building Learning Communities in Urban Settings (pp. 60-83)

Jacqueline Leonard, Brian R. Evans

Practices Worthy of Attention: A Search For Existence Proofs of Promising Practitioner Work in Secondary Mathematics (pp. 84-107)

Pamela L. Paek

Thanks for the continuing interest in our work, Lou Edward Matthews
Editor-in-Chief
Georgia State University
Phone 4044138060
lmatthews@gsu.edu