Editorial: Persistent inequality in urban educational organizations – current issues and possible solutions

In urban settings, educational inequality remains a tenacious challenge. This Research Topic explores the complexities of urban educational organizations, untangling the entrenched issues while offering innovative solutions to mitigate these disparities. Our collective understanding of educational inequality has evolved, and we acknowledge its roots in systemic and situational factors (Smeplass et al., 2023a). Policymakers globally grapple with these persistent inequalities, which manifest in ever-evolving forms (Pfeffer, 2008; Lamont and Pierson, 2019; Corral-Granados et al., 2023a)...