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Acknowledgments x
About the Author xi
Introduction 1
In the Classroom
"You Can Tell If They Care": Why Students Need Caring and Highly Qualified Teachers 13
"It Would Be Nice to Learn Something About My Culture": A Plea for a Culturally Relevant and More Interesting Education 38
"It Don't Make No Sense to Give Us All These Tests": Student Effort, Achievement, and Attitudes About Standardized Tests 65
"They Just Think We're Loud": How Discipline Policies and Practices Can Affect Students' Attitudes About School 97
On the Schoolyard
"We just Can't Seem to Get Along": Race Relations on Campus 131
"You Don't Know If They're Gonna...Bust a Columbine on Everybody": Why Schools Won't Ever Be Entirely Safe 154
"Everybody's Intimidated by Us": A Candid Conversation with African American Males 179
"This Place Is Nasty": How the School's Physical Environment Can Contribute to Student Apathy 206
Out in the World: Beyond the Classroom and the Schoolyard
"Yes! They Do Care About My Education": Parent Involvement in Schools 223
"They Should Worry More About Our Future": Why America's Stepchildren Need a College Preparatory Curriculum 245
The Truth Can Set Us Free! Seven Lessons I've Learned About School Reform in America 266
Notes 291
Teacher Demographics 309
Student Demographics 310
Additional Information About the Student Questionnaire Respondents 311
Teacher Questionnaire Results 312
Student Questionnaire Results 319
Classroom Management Exercise 1 327
Classroom Management Exercise 2 328
Index 329
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