Basic needs : a year with street kids in a city school / Julie Landsman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Landsman, Julie.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Urban--Minnesota--Minneapolis--Case studies.

Education, Urban.

Problem children--Education (Secondary)--Minnesota--Minneapolis--Case studies.

Problem children.

Problem children--Education (Secondary).

Minnesota--Minneapolis.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2004.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : ScarecrowEducation, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Here Julie Landsman chronicles one year as a teacher in a program for students in such serious trouble they are asked to leave their middle schools and attend a special program for disruptive students. She allows her readers to get to know the students, their home and street situations, and how their stories develop over the year, and in doing so, shows the complexity of young people, their beauty, and their individuality.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; August; September; October; November; December; Winter Break; February; March; April; May; June; July; A Week-by-Week Plan: Creating an Inclusive Community in the Classroom; Afterword; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-223).

Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

979-82-16-43406-1

979-82-16-34964-8

1-283-60112-5

9786613913579

1-4616-4808-4

OCLC:

1253438117