{"product_id":"sit-down-and-shut-up-9781250101884","title":"Sit Down and Shut Up","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn his very first day of school as a substitute teacher, Cinque Henderson was cursed at and openly threatened by one of his students. Not wanting trouble or any broken bones, Henderson called the hall monitor, who escorted the student to the office. But five minutes later the office sent him back with a note that read, Ok to return to class. That was it: no suspension, no detention, no phone call home, nothing. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSit Down and Shut Up: How Discipline Can Set Students Free\u003c\/i\u003e is a passionate and personal analysis of Henderson''s year as substitute teacher in some of America's toughest schools. Students disrespected, yelled at, and threatened teachers, abetted by a school system and political culture that turned a willfully blind eye to the economic and social decline that created the problem. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenderson concludes that the failures of our worst schools are the result of a population in crisis: classrooms are microcosms of all our nation's most vexing issues of race and\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49989979865431,"sku":"9781250101884","price":15.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781250101884.jpg?v=1739542960","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sit-down-and-shut-up-9781250101884","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}