Girl Time: Literacy, Justice, and the School-To-Prison Pipeline

by Maisha T. Winn

Book Overview

This original account is based on the author's experiences with incarcerated girls participating in Girl Time, a program created by a theatre company that conducts playwriting and performance workshops in youth detention centers. In addition to examining the lives of these and other formerly incarcerated girls, Girl Time shares the stories of educators who dare to teach children who have been "thrown away" by their schools and society. The girls,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807752002
• ISBN13: 9780807752005
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.8"