High Schools in Crisis What Every Parent Should Know

Subjects:

• Education » Education (General)
• Education » Educational Foundations

Reviews:

• [C]ontains information on how classrooms can be designed for optimal student involvement, how a creative curriculum can elicit enthusiasm, and how learning disabilities can be handled without resorting to "special education."...Recommended. All levels.
  —Choice November 2004
• Parents who are seeking educational alternatives to the public high school will benefit from this book....Written in a straightforward tone, this book honestly and candidly discusses problems with public education. It is appropriate for public librarians who are assisting parents and teens with their educational goals.
  —VOYA December 2004
• This valuable resource for parents also includes a bibliography of helpful sources and suggested readings.
  —Booklist June 2004

• Endorsement From Vincent Brevetti
  Principal
  Humanities Preparatory Academy
  New York City: In an accessible manner, the authors interweave sociological and psychological research with relevant first-hand experiences, student portraits, and schoolhouse scenarios. They help one understand the need for and rationality of alternative schools. In so doing, Hall and Handley make a compelling link between educating the whole child and providing the means to mold a just and democratic society.
• Endorsement From Kathryn Borman
  Professor of Anthropology
  Associate Director, David C. Anchin Center
  University of South Florida: ...Their book demonstrates that parents have the power to organize and create a school of their own....[It] should be read by parents and their adolescent sons and daughters together to take the pulse of the high schools their children are attending.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• What Teenagers Are Telling Us
• A New Model for the Classroom
• The Genius of Every Child
• The New Curriculum
• Teachers Are the Ticket
• So-Called Learning Disabilities
• School as Community
• Parents Have Choices