Author: Burkett, Elinor

Publisher: HarperPerennial

Format:Softcover

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Overview:

In the wake of school shootings across the country, one question haunted America: What is going wrong inside our nation's schools? To find out, award-winning journalist Elinor Burkett spent nine months - from the opening pep rally to graduation day - in a suburban Minneapolis high school. She attended classes, hung out with the students, listened to parents, and joined teachers on the front lines. She soon discovered that, post-Columbine, fears about loners and misfits, "Smoker's New Year" (a pot holiday), "Zero Tolerance" policies, and school lockdowns have become as much a part of a teen's high school experience as dating and Clearasil. But Burkett goes even deeper and makes some startling conclusions in this poignant exposé of the real problems facing educators, parents, and the children they try to teach.

Category		Subject
Education		Secondary

ISBN-13:9780060505851
ISBN-10:0060505850
Format:Softcover
Language:English
Pages:335
Size:8.02" l x 5.30" w x 0.91" h
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