Lockdown High When the Schoolhouse Becomes a Jailhouse

Name: Lockdown High When the Schoolhouse Becomes a Jailhouse
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ISBN: 9781844676811

ISBN-10: 1844676811

ISBN-13: 9781844676811

Edition: 2010

Authors: Annette Fuentes

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Since the shootings at Columbine High School a decade ago, hysteria hasdistorted the mediars"s coverage of school violence. This climate of fear hascreated ripe conditions for the imposition of unprecedented restrictionson young peoplers"s rights, dignity and educational freedoms. In what manycall the school-to-prison pipeline, the policing and practices of the juvenilejustice system increasingly infiltrate the schoolhouse. The resultant "Zerotolerance" measures push the most vulnerable and academically needystudents out of the classroom and into harmrs"s way. Investigative reporterAnnette Fuentes visits schools across America and finds metal detectors anddrug tests for aspirin, police…

Book details

List price: $33.50
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication date: 3/14/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 6.45" wide x 9.44" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

ANNETTE FUENTES is online Editor of the Bay Citizen . She was the Managing Editor of New America Media , and a reporter for the Daily News and New York Newsday , and contributes op-eds to USA Today . She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.