
"A necessary read for anyone serious about personal transformation and peace in our communities." Luis Rodriguez, Poet Laureate of Los Angeles, and author of Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A. The Good Lessons offers a gripping...

"A necessary read for anyone serious about personal transformation and peace in our communities." Luis Rodriguez, Poet Laureate of Los Angeles, and author of Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A. The Good Lessons offers a gripping and instructive account of...

"A necessary read for anyone serious about personal transformation and peace in our communities."
Luis Rodriguez, Poet Laureate of Los Angeles, and author of "Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A." A provocative, inspiring, and highly original take on...

"A necessary read for anyone serious about youth and the transformative power of education...."
Luis Rodriguez, Poet Laureate of Los Angeles, and author of "Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A." A provocative and inspiring take on the healing of troubled,...

True stories of two communities, one in South Central Los Angeles and the other an Indian reservation, that used creative, extraordinary approaches in schooling to change how gang-involved and alienated teens felt about themselves. The results were transformative. Teacher-of-the-Year...

Hard-won lessons from a lifetime as a teacher, principal, and therapist with gang members in Los Angeles and on the Pima and Apache reservations in Arizona. The stories are gripping and instructive as two communities, one in South Central Los Angeles and the other in the Arizona...