Searching for Hope

Life at a Failing School in the Heart of America

AvMatthew Tully

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

Searching for Hope is a gripping account of life in a once-great high school in a rough Indianapolis neighborhood. 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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-02-24
Mått:152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt:567 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Indiana University Press
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:Indiana University Press
ISBN:9780253005939
Utmärkelser:Commended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Education/Teaching) 2012

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Matthew Tully was 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.

Recensioner i media

An even-more-compelling version of the saga Tully chronicled in his Manual Project.(Indianapolis Monthly) While the book offers no unfamiliar insight into the plight of urban schools, it does give a powerful, ultimately genuine voice to the complicated, imperfect individuals whose victories and hopes are often unreported.(Publishers Weekly) [T]his keen observation of teens at a troubled high school makes for fascinating reading. (Dare to finish with dry eyes the chapter about a holiday concert.) (Library Journal)

Innehållsförteckning

Prologue1 Why are you here? 2 I never thought he would be a dandelion3 Can you believe this?4 We do a good job with the kids who show up5 I hate this school6 Go to class, Zach7 We're not going to be average here8 Where's the school spirit?9 I don't like being called stupid10 You have to crawl first11 We're dropping out12 I get hit all the time13 A trend of low achievement14 What's gonna happen, Mr. Grismore?15 Could you imagine if we filled the house?16 It feels like I'm a somebody17 I used to be bad18 I knew I didn't want that19 There's nobody that can't do something20 It never stops around here21 I like to solve problems22 I'm the kid who doesn't exist23 Trouble follows me24 I'm willing to run these schools25 Now I know why I'm tall26 In honor of our schoolmates27 Wow, this is amazing28 You are survivors