"Being down" : challenging violence in urban schools /
Challenging violence in urban schools
Ronnie Casella foreword by Jean Anyon.
- x, 175 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-164) and index.
Foreword / A Framework for Understanding Violence in School. Violence in the Context of History, Culture, and Economics. The Policy Picture. Where Policy Meets the School. The City and the School. Entering Brandon High. Being Down -- Violence in the Organization of Schooling. Systemic Violence. Interpersonal and Hidden Violence. A Glimpse at Peer Mediation. Suicide and Self-mutilation. The Spectacle of Violence. A Portrait of a School -- The Screening Committee and the Prison Track. Going Before the Screening Committee. On Placing and Dropping Students. Suspension and Expulsion. The "In" of Outplacements -- Of Hood Rats and City Cops. Enter the Police. Police, Families, and Youth. A System Apart. Police, the Community, and Antagonism. Community and Police Crossfire. From Street Beat to School Police -- Policing the Urban School Crisis. Theoretical Foundations of School Policing. The School Police Officer. Policing Brandon High. The Role of a School Police Officer. Alliances in Unexpected Places. From School Police to Classroom Cop -- DARE Students Speak of Violence. DARE in a National Context. The Curriculum. Viewing DARE Class. Being Smart. The Benefits of DARE. Power, Ownership, and DARE -- Public Policy, Popular Discourse, and Education Reform. Linking Theory and Practice. Education Reform in Short. The School and the City Revisited. School Restructuring for a Just Environment. A Policy Postscript. Jean Anyon -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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