Punishing Schools: Fear and Citizenship in American Public Education

by Julie Drew and William Lyons

In a society increasingly dominated by zero-tolerance thinking, Punishing Schools argues that our educational system has become both the subject of legislative punishment and an instrument for the punishment of children. William Lyons and Julie Drew analyze the connections between state sanctions against our schools (the diversion of funding to charter schools, imposition of unfunded mandates, and enforcement of dubious forms of teacher...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472069055
• ISBN13: 9780472069057
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"