Provides emerging research on the challenges and barriers of STEM education in urban environments and how to move forward in overcoming these challenges and barriers to provide equitable education for all K-12 students. Coverage includes teacher preparation, programming, gender and racial barriers.

"This book examines the implementation of STEM education and the potential impacts on adolescent students in the K-12 learning environment. It also explores the current STEM research focused specifically on teacher preparation for the K-12 learning environment, and the practices that disrupt the barriers identified as a means towards providing inclusive, readily available resource for STEM educators"--