| The Forgotten Room: Inside a Public Alternative School for At-Risk Youth Contributor(s): Bryan, Ashley (Foreword by), Hollowell, Mary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0739134965 ISBN-13: 9780739134962 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Special Education - General - Social Science | Social Work |
| Dewey: 371.904 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.55 lbs) 230 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This gritty and compelling ethnography examines the darker side of American education through chronicling the course of Peachtree Alternative School's tenth and final year. It exposes punitive school policy, demonstrates the prison-industrial complex, and reveals school board corruption. In addition, it pinpoints quality teaching of chronically disruptive youth. As ethnographic nonfiction, The Forgotten Room breaks down the walls between social science and literature. |