Toxic Schools
High-Poverty Education in New York and Amsterdam
- Contents
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Chapter 1: Introduction—Getting Situated
Chapter 2: Recognizing the Real, Restructuring the Game
Chapter 3: Episodic Violence, Perpetual Threats
Chapter 4: Exile and Commitment
Chapter 5: Survival of the Nurtured
Chapter 6: The Tipping of Classrooms, Teachers Left Behind
Chapter 7: Conclusion
Appendix: Research Methods and the Evolution of Ideas
Notes
Bibliography
Index
“[T]he book’s strength is in its nuanced and intimate examination of power dynamics, micropolitics, and conflicted daily negotiations in these almost uninhabitable school settings. . . . The ethnographic depth of this book is so rich that the reader can almost experience the trusting relationships the author has established with the book’s youth through his stories and deep descriptions.”
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