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Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Michelle Kuo arrived in the rural town of Helena, Arkansas, as a Teach for America volunteer in 2004, bursting with optimism and drive. But she soon encountered the jarring realities of life in one of the poorest counties in America. In this memoir, Michelle shares the story of her complicated but rewarding mentorship of one student, Patrick Browning, and his remarkable literary and political awakening. Fifteen and in the eighth grade, Patrick begins...
Author
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Pub. Date
©2002
Language
English
Description
Presents resources on alternative education and its history, including a chronology, biographies, a bibliography, a directory of organizations, descriptions of school types and programs, and tools for organizing and evaluating a school or program.
Author
Publisher
Paradigm Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
This is an in-depth examination of public school alternatives to traditional educational models in the US. This book analyses how urban education can respond to a system growing increasingly standardised and privatised. As an example, Central Park East Secondary School (CPESS), a public alternative schooling model, successfully served predominantly low-income and minority students. It also changed the New York City public school system while promoting...