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The Institute for Urban and Minority Education (IUME) was created in 1973 to serve the interests of those who are often hidden, disregarded, or underestimated. Our mission is to use research and demonstration to show the most promising practices in schools and out-of-school settings where youth are learning powerfully and feeling good about themselves while doing so. We are also interested in rethinking the way we do research and the way that we often perceive of populations being researched in urban education. Through work with university based researchers, classroom teachers, students, parents, community advocates and elected officials we hope to create networks committed to the relentless pursuit of educational excellence. We also hope that you will join us in this endeavor, for IUME is only as powerful as the people who take up the cause. For nearly 40 years IUME has been intimately involved in this struggle and we plan at least another 40. We'll be here however long it takes.