Schoolhouse Burning
- 320 stránek
- 12 hodin čtení
A stirring and passionate defense of the central importance of public education to American democracy, vividly illustrating how the forces of reaction are chipping away at a constitutional right.
Derek W. Black je profesorem práva a jedním z předních národních expertů na právo a politiku ve vzdělávání, který se zaměřuje na rovnost ve vzdělávání pro znevýhodněné studenty a privatizaci veřejného školství. Jeho komentáře a eseje se pravidelně objevují v předních amerických médiích, kde se zabývá problematikou snižujících se zdrojů veřejných škol a rostoucí nerovnosti. Jeho akademický výzkum, publikovaný v předních právních časopisech, byl několikrát citován federálními soudy, včetně Nejvyššího soudu USA.
A stirring and passionate defense of the central importance of public education to American democracy, vividly illustrating how the forces of reaction are chipping away at a constitutional right.
Suspension and expulsion rates have doubled over the past three decades as zero tolerance policies have become the normal response to a host of minor infractions that extend well beyond just drugs and weapons. Students from all demographic groups have suffered, but minority and special needs students have suffered the most. Derek Black weaves stories about individual students, lessons from social science, and the outcomes of courts cases to unearth an irrational system of punishment. While schools and legislatures have proven unable and unwilling to amend their failing policies, Ending Zero Tolerance argues for constitutional protections to check abuses in school discipline and lays out theories by which courts should re-engage to enforce students' rights and support broader reforms.
From the former heir-apparent to white nationalism, an astonishing account of a childhood built on fear, of breaking from his community, and of speaking out in the face of hate