"An institutional ethnography of race and gender power in one juvenile prison school system, Compulsory has major implications for public education. Through an analysis of the experiences of prisoners, teachers, state officials, mothers, and more, it provides insight into the br…
"This is an American story, unsettled by contradictions, constituted by unresolvable loss and open-ended hope, produced through brutal exclusivities and persistent insurgencies. This is the story of Lincoln prison." In her Introduction, Sabina E. Vaught passionately details why …
"'This is an American story, unsettled by contradictions, constituted by unresolvable loss and open-ended hope, produced through brutal exclusivities and persistent insurgencies. This is the story of Lincoln prison.' In her Introduction, Sabina E. Vaught passionately details why…
Thirty years of ... teaching in New York City's public schools led [the author] to the sad conclusion that compulsory government schooling has nothing to do with education, doing little but teaching young people to conform to the economy and the social order. [This book] reveals…
Offers a treatise on public education. Thirty years of award-winning teaching in New York City's public schools led the author to the sad conclusion that compulsory governmental schooling does little but teach young people to follow orders as cogs in the industrial machine.
Argues that compulsory governmental schooling does little but teach young people to follow orders as cogs in the industrial machine. From publisher description.