In the dozen years since the Columbine High School shootings, school violence has fallen steadily. Yet, as Annette Fuentes visits schools across America she finds metal detectors and drug tests for aspirin, police profiling of students with no records, arbitrary expulsions, teachers carrying guns, and all-seeing electronic surveillance. Her moving stories will astonish readers, as she makes the case that our public schools reflect a society with an unhealthy fixation on crime and violence.
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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
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
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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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Great Book!
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Annette Fuentes combines common sense, solid reasoning, and empirical research to support her premises. Her writing style is scholarly yet easy to read and comprehend. The book is both entertaining and informative. Every school official, law enforcement officer, and parent should read Lockdown High and advocate for implementation of the common-sense policies Fuentes promotes. Lockdown High helps dispel much of the misinformation and hysteria in our culture regarding school violence.
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Well-researched debunking of stereotypes
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Well-researched debunking of the stereotypes surrounding schools and violence. Intelligent and important contribution to the national discussion of how to handle violence in our educational system.
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VERY GOOD BOOK. It takes you in and out of stories. But i would recommend this book to read it you are concern about violence in our school.
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