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Beyond Resistance! Youth Activism and Community Change
. Ed(S): Noguera, Pedro A.; Ginwright, Shawn; Cammarota, Julio
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Paperback. Highlights the detrimental impact of zero tolerance policies on young people's educational experience and well being. This volume offers insights into how to increase the effectiveness of youth development and education programs, and how to create responsive youth policies at the local, state, and federal level. Editor(s): Noguera, Pedro A.; Ginwright, Shawn; Cammarota, Julio. Series: Critical Youth Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 10 black & white tables, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
The failure of current policy to address important quality of life issues for urban youth remains a substantial barrier to civic participation, educational equity, and healthy adulthood. This volume brings together the work of leading urban youth scholars to highlight the detrimental impact of zero tolerance policies on young people’s educational experience and well being. Inspired by the conviction that urban youth have the right to more equitable educational and social resources and political representation, Beyond Resistance! offers new insights into how to increase the effectiveness of youth development and education programs, and how to create responsive youth policies at ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Series
Critical Youth Studies
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415952514
SKU
V9780415952514
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Ref
99-1
About . Ed(S): Noguera, Pedro A.; Ginwright, Shawn; Cammarota, Julio
Pedro Noguera is Professor at the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University. Julio Cammarota is an assistant professor in the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology and the Mexican-American Studies & Research Center at the University of Arizona. ShawnGinwright is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Ethnic Studies at Santa Clara University.
Reviews for Beyond Resistance! Youth Activism and Community Change
"This volume examines some of the ways in which young people across the United States are being engaged in school reform and community activism"
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