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Searching for Hope: Life at a Failing School in the Heart of America de Matthew Tully

Searching for Hope: Life at a Failing School in the Heart of America

Autor Matthew Tully
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 23 feb 2012

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Evoluția sistemului educațional în marile metropole americane a scos la iveală disparități profunde între viziunile teoretice de reformă și realitatea dură a liceelor din cartierele defavorizate. În Searching for Hope, jurnalistul Matthew Tully oferă o cronică onestă a unui an petrecut în interiorul Manual High, o instituție din Indianapolis care luptă împotriva stigmatului de „școală eșuată”. Apreciem în mod deosebit modul în care autorul refuză simplificările, alegând să expună drama cotidiană, de la apatia elevilor până la frustrările profesorilor care încearcă să mențină standarde de performanță într-un mediu dominat de nesiguranță.

Structura cărții, organizată în 28 de capitole scurte și percutante, reflectă o progresie de la scepticismul inițial („Why are you here?”) către o formă fragilă de reziliență („You are survivors”). Această lucrare poate fi privită ca o alternativă la A School in Trouble pentru cursurile de sociologia educației, cu avantajul unei perspective jurnalistice imersive care pune accent pe vocea directă a elevilor „invizibili”. Dacă A School in Trouble se concentrează pe mecanisme administrative și diferențe culturale din perspectiva unui superintendent, Matthew Tully rămâne un observator „la firul ierbii”, documentând abandonul școlar și conflictele de identitate fără a îndulci realitatea. Reținem că cele 13 ilustrații alb-negru adaugă o greutate vizuală necesară portretelor umane descrise, transformând datele statistice despre performanța scăzută în povești de supraviețuire urbană.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253005939
ISBN-10: 0253005930
Pagini: 261
Ilustrații: 13 b&w illustrations
Dimensiuni: 157 x 231 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Editura: Indiana University Press

De ce să citești această carte

Această carte este esențială pentru educatorii, sociologii și studenții interesați de realitățile învățământului public urban. Cititorul câștigă o înțelegere profundă a barierelor sistemice care afectează elevii din mediile dezavantajate. Este o recomandare fermă pentru cei care caută un raport onest despre ceea ce înseamnă cu adevărat reforma școlară dincolo de cifre, oferind un motiv concret pentru a regândi sprijinul acordat liceelor aflate în dificultate.

Despre autor

Matthew Tully a fost un jurnalist american premiat, cunoscut pentru activitatea sa la publicația „The Indianapolis Star”. Prin scrierile sale, el s-a concentrat frecvent pe problemele sociale și politice ale statului Indiana, cu un interes deosebit pentru impactul politicilor publice asupra vieții cetățenilor obișnuiți. Stilul său se remarcă printr-o combinație de reportaj riguros și empatie profundă, calități care i-au permis să obțină acces în medii restricționate pentru a documenta eșecurile și speranțele sistemului educațional american, efort recunoscut prin premii editoriale de prestigiu.

Descriere scurtă

Searching for Hope is a gripping account of life in a once-great high school in a rough Indianapolis neighbourhood. Granted unfiltered access to Manual High throughout an entire school year, award-winning journalist Matthew Tully tells the complex story of the everyday drama, failures, and triumphs in one of the nation's many troubled urban public high schools. He walks readers into classrooms, offices, and hallways, painting a vivid picture of the profound academic problems, deep frustrations, and apathy that absorb and sometimes consume students, teachers, and administrators. Yet this intimate view also reveals the hopes, dreams, and untapped talents of some amazing individuals. Providing insights into the challenges confronting those who seek to improve the quality of America's schools, Tully argues that school leaders and policy makers must rally communities to heartfelt engagement with their schools if the crippling social and economic threats to cities such as Indianapolis are to be averted.

Cuprins

Prologue1 Why are you here? ; 2 I never thought he would be a dandelion; 3 Can you believe this?; 4 We do a good job with the kids who show up; 5 I hate this school; 6 Go to class, Zach; 7 We're not going to be average here; 8 Where's the school spirit?; 9 I don't like being called stupid; 10 You have to crawl first; 11 We're dropping out; 12 I get hit all the time; 13 A trend of low achievement; 14 What's gonna happen, Mr. Grismore?; 15 Could you imagine if we filled the house?; 16 It feels like I'm a somebody; 17 I used to be bad; 18 I knew I didn't want that; 19 There's nobody that can't do something; 20 It never stops around here; 21 I like to solve problems; 22 I'm the kid who doesn't exist; 23 Trouble follows me; 24 I'm willing to run these schools; 25 Now I know why I'm tall; 26 In honor of our schoolmates; 27 Wow, this is amazing; 28 You are survivors

Recenzii

"A gritty, wonderfully honest investigation of life in an urban American high school in the 21st century. The despair, the apathy, the misplaced anger, the frustrations and fights for something better are all there. The school in Indianapolis where Tully spent so much time is close to what I have found in many big cities, but few reporters have gone as deep as Tully has." Jay Mathews, Washington Post education columnist and author of Work Hard, Be Nice: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America "Every reform-minded educator, parent, and politician should read this book. It will change the way they think about what's really needed to help every student in a struggling school achieve his or her full potential." Gerardo M. Gonzalez, Dean, School of Education, Indiana University Bloomington "With a great mix of storytelling and analysis, Matthew Tully puts a human face on the statistics we're bombarded with about the decline of education in our cities. In equal parts brutally honest and surprisingly uplifting, Searching for Hope... is required reading for anyone attempting to understand or address the problems of urban education in the United States." Jonathan Plucker, Director of the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University Bloomington
"A gritty, wonderfully honest investigation of life in an urban American high school in the 21st century. The despair, the apathy, the misplaced anger, the frustrations and fights for something better are all there. The school in Indianapolis where Tully spent so much time is close to what I have found in many big cities, but few reporters have gone as deep as Tully has." Jay Mathews, Washington Post education columnist and author of Work Hard, Be Nice: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America "Every reform-minded educator, parent, and politician should read this book. It will change the way they think about what's really needed to help every student in a struggling school achieve his or her full potential." Gerardo M. Gonzalez, Dean, School of Education, Indiana University Bloomington "With a great mix of storytelling and analysis, Matthew Tully puts a human face on the statistics we're bombarded with about the decline of education in our cities. In equal parts brutally honest and surprisingly uplifting, Searching for Hope... is required reading for anyone attempting to understand or address the problems of urban education in the United States." Jonathan Plucker, Director of the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University Bloomington "Searching for Hope is an even-more-compelling version of the saga Tully chronicled in his Manual Project, a series of columns in 2009 and 2010 that detailed life at Emmerich Manual High School." - Indianapolis Monthly

Notă biografică

Matthew Tully is the political columnist for the Indianapolis Star. His columns on public schools have helped drive debate over education reform in Indiana. Tully s commentary has appeared in the Wall Street Journal and Education Week, and he has appeared on MSNBC, NPR, and numerous other national media outlets. He was named Indiana Journalist of the Year in 2008 and won the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism in 2010."

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