Searching for hope : life at a failing school in the heart of America / Matthew Tully.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tully, Matthew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emmerich Manual High School (Indianapolis, Ind.).

Children with social disabilities--Education (Secondary)--Indiana--Indianapolis.

Children with social disabilities.

Children with social disabilities--Education (Secondary).

Indiana--Indianapolis.

Physical Description:

xv, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2012]

Summary:

Searching for Hope is a gripping account of life in a once-great high school in a rough Indianapolis neighborhood. Granted unfiltered access to Manual High throughout an entire school year, award-winning journalist Matthew Tully tells the complex story of the everyday drama, failures, and triumphs in one of the nation's many troubled urban public high schools. He walks readers into classrooms, offices, and hallways, painting a vivid picture of the profound academic problems, deep frustrations, and apathy that absorb and sometimes consume students, teachers, and administrators. Yet this intimate view also reveals the hopes, dreams, and untapped talents of some amazing individuals. Providing insights into the challenges confronting those who seek to improve the quality of America's schools, Tully argues that school leaders and policy makers must rally communities to heartfelt engagement with their schools if the crippling social and economic threats to cities such as Indianapolis are to be averted.--Book jacket.

ISBN:

9780253005939

0253005930

9780253005977

0253005973

OCLC:

752072619