Citation: Ellis, Antonio L. (2011 November 23) Review of Urban Science Education for The Hip-Hop Generation by Christopher Emdin. Education Review, 14. Retrieved [Date] from http://www.edrev.info/reviews/rev1125.pdf November 23, 2011 ISSN 1094-5296 Education Review/Reseñas Educativas is a project of the National Education Policy Center http://nepc.colorado.edu Follow Education Review on Facebook Emdin, Christopher. (2010) Urban Science Education for The Hip- Hop Generation: Essential Tools for the Urban Science Educator and Researcher. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publisher Pp. 126 ISBN 978-9087909864 Reviewed by Antonio L. Ellis Howard University Not surprisingly, the hip-hop generation and science educators within urban education classrooms experience major conflicts of interest. Unfortunately, within this tug- of-war for power, students tangibly succumb due to the overarching goals of meeting annual year progress (AYP) and the overwhelming focus on passing standardized examinations. In essence, since educational establishments measure success by grades earned without taking the systematic fallacies into account, urban students suffer and are stigmatized as lacking the ability and desire to achieve in science. Various scholars stand at the forefront challenging this idea that is in route to causing an apartheid among minorities who have the ability to become scientists (see Banks, 2003; Ball and Muhammad, 2003; Noguera and Wing, 2006). education review // reseñas educativas editors: gene v glass gustavo e. fischman melissa cast-brede a multi-lingual journal of book reviews