Judging School Discipline: The Crisis of Moral Authority

by Richard Arum

Book Overview

Reprimand a class comic, restrain a bully, dismiss a student for brazen attire--and you may be facing a lawsuit, costly regardless of the result. This reality for today's teachers and administrators... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674011791
• ISBN13: 9780674011793
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

Isn't there a song called I've been waitin for a long time?

If there is, it suits this book. An absolute must read, eye opener for anyone entering the profession of teaching. For those of us who have been there and done that, who have felt the craziness creeping closer everyday as we viewed one failed plan after another trumpeted in and wheeled out, for those of us who believed we were the only ones who saw what was happening, who were disparagingly called "Old School", who sometimes felt totally alone wondering if we were the ones who were crazy, treat yourself to this book and enjoy a wonderful balm and tonic as you immerse yourself in some long needed support.This book should have been dedicated to all of us who ever wondered what happened to the joy of teaching, and who have hung in there hoping someone would listen to us as we fought to bring it back. Judging School Discipline should be required reading for every administrator, school board member, policy maker, and politician, as well as everyone in our legal system.To the authors I can only say "Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. Perhaps your book will help decision makers finally realize they have been dancing us around a camp fire of futility, and also enlighten them to the fact they can not avoid the real problem by trying to reinvent the wheel of education.TEACHERS, GRAB THIS BOOK.