The history of "zero tolerance" in American public schooling / Judith Kafka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kafka, Judith, 1973-

Series:

Palgrave studies in urban education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School discipline--California--Los Angeles--History.

School discipline.

Discrimination in education--California--Los Angeles--History.

Discrimination in education.

History.

California--Los Angeles.

Physical Description:

ix, 181 pages ; 18 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Summary:

"This book looks back at the historical roots of "zero tolerance" school discipline policies. Through a case study of the Los Angeles city school district from the 1950s through the 1970s, Judith Kafka explores the intersection of race, politics, and the bureaucratic organization of schooling. Kafka argues that control over discipline became increasingly centralized in the second half of the 20th century in response to pressures exerted by teachers, parents, students, principals, and local politicians - often at different historical moments, and for different purposes. Kafka demonstrates that the racial inequities produced by today's school discipline policies were not inevitable, nor are they immutable"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Zero Tolerance and the Case of Los Angeles 1

2 Discipline Before Zero Tolerance, 1800-1950 17

3 Bureaucratizing Discipline in the Blackboard Jungle 53

4 Struggle for Control in the 1960s 75

5 The Death of in Loco Parentis 97.

ISBN:

9780230603684

0230603688

OCLC:

668942833