Alternative Schooling for African American Youth
Subtitle: Does Anyone Know We're Here?
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Published: October 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 133
ISBN-13: 9780820452708
Subjects: Secondary; Education (Middle school); Education / Teaching; Education; United States; Non-Formal Education; African American youth; Alternative education
Description: "This book is about the experience of a group of middle school students and the administration, faculty and staff responsible for meeting their educational needs. These students have been removed from the traditional public school environment and placed in an alternative school program in lieu of expulsion. Christopher Dunbar, Jr., urges educators and policymakers to reevaluate their goals and methods when thinking about what is best for these children."--BOOK JACKET.