Description
Book SynopsisExposing the deeply harmful impact of street-style policing on urban high school students
Trade Review"Police in the Hallways presents a detailed ethnographic analysis of the ways in which discipline policies in New York schools have influenced the education and social experience of young people in so-called impact schools. Kathleen Nolan uncovers the complexity of the issues and exposes the unfairness of the policies in a subtle yet compelling manner." —Pedro Noguera, author of The Trouble With Black Boys and Other Reflections on Race, Equity and the Future of Public Education
"Anyone interested in education in American should definitely take this sobering journey into life in an urban high school." —Library Journal
Table of ContentsContents
ForewordPaul Willis
Introduction. Studying Urban School Discipline: A Bronx Tale
1. How the Police Took Over School Discipline: From Policies of Inclusion to
Punishment and Exclusion
2. Signs of the Times: Place, Culture, and Control at Urban Public High School
3. Instituting the Culture of Control: Disciplinary Practices and Order Maintenance
4. Against the Law: Student Noncompliance and Contestation
5. Tensions between Educational Approaches and Discourses of Control
6. The Underlife: Oppositional Behavior at Urban Public High School
7. Living Proof: Experiences of Economic and Educational Exclusion
Conclusion: Recommendations for Effective Urban Schooling and Sound Discipline
Acknowledgments
Notes
Works Cited
Index
