Lockdown High: When the Schoolhouse Becomes a Jailhouse

Author:   Annette Fuentes
Publisher:   Verso Books
ISBN:  

9781844674077


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   12 February 2013
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Annette Fuentes
Publisher:   Verso Books
Imprint:   Verso Books
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.10cm
Weight:   0.307kg
ISBN:  

9781844674077


ISBN 10:   184467407
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   12 February 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Examples of zero-tolerance policies taken to absurd levels are attention-grabbing, but the real story, spelled out with clarity and a touch of anger, is a disturbing one that should concern members of school boards, principals, teachers and parents. - Kirkus Reviews A well-argued book ... packed with the anecdotally eye-catching and hard, persuasive data. Fuentes' detailed and daunting investigation ... is a wakeup call. - Publishers Weekly


<p>A well-argued book ... packed with the anecdotally eye-catching and hard, persuasive data. Fuentes' detailed and daunting investigation ... is a wakeup call.


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Annette Fuentes is a freelance writer and reporter. She was a founding online editor of a nonprofit internet news organization, The Bay Citizen, from 2010 to 2011 and prior to that, the managing editor of New American Media, and a reporter for the New York Daily News and New York Newsday. She has taught at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and has written for, among others publications, the New York Times, The Progressive, and USA Today. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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