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Toxic schools : high-poverty education in New York and Amsterdam /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paulle, Bowen
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Series:Fieldwork encounters and discoveries.
Subjects:
Urban schools > New York (State) > New York.
Urban schools > Netherlands > Amsterdam.
Low-income high school students > New York (State) > New York.
Low-income high school students > Netherlands > Amsterdam.
Education, Urban > Social aspects.
School violence.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: getting situated
  • Recognizing the real, restructuring the game
  • Episodic violence, perpetual threats
  • Exile and commitment
  • Survival of the nurtured
  • The tipping of classrooms, teachers left behind.