num_pages: 224
description: Sherman Alexie, David Sedaris, and fifteen other writers on their recent experiences in American classroomsTales Out of School is a luminous collection of diverse and passionate life stories--on-the-ground testimonies of sitting in an American classroom today. Sherman Alexie writes of the "sweet, almost innocent choices that Indian boys are] forced to make" in school. Stuart Dybek tells his own story of highly instructive Catholic grade-school field trips to the county jail and the stockyards, and David Sedaris narrates a horribly funny account of life underground as a gay eighth grader. These and other writers contribute original essays that tease out the powerful, flawed, wildly diverse experience of school in America. A book for teachers wanting to understand, parents needing to make decisions, and anyone who's sat in a classroom and can't ever forget it. "Give this book an A+. . . . Unlike many books about American education, Tales Out of School avoids the temptation to pigeonhole our system. There are no rights or wrongs here. Only truths." --Vineyard Gazette
language: English
title: Tales Out of School
titlecomplete: Tales Out of School
ratings_count: 15
publisher: Beacon Pr