{"product_id":"the-forgotten-room-mary-hollowell-9780739134962","title":"The Forgotten Room: Inside a Public Alternative School for At-Risk Youth","description":"\u003cp\u003eLocated in a rapidly-growing county in the southeastern United States, Peachtree Alternative School is a dumping ground for chronically disruptive students that regular teachers can no longer handle. The school has some of the toughest kids that society has to offer: kids who have dealt drugs, attempted rape, brought weapons to school, and made terrorist threats. Neglect, understaffing, and overcrowding create a volatile situation; Teachers survive threats, assaults, brawls, and rampages with their therapeutic philosophies barely intact. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Forgotten Room\u003c\/i\u003e is a teacher survival story. It examines the darker side of American education through chronicling the course of Peachtree Alternative School's tenth and final year. It offers a glimmer of hope in the safe zones created by hardworking teachers, but it is also a cautionary tale about the consequences of bureaucrats neglecting troubled teens. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHollowell's multidisciplinary book provides a rare look at public alternative schooling in America. This gritty and compelling ethnography is part of a growing movement in academia to make ethnographic studies more accessible. It exposes punitive school policy, demonstrates the prison-industrial complex, and reveals school board corruption. In addition, it pinpoints quality teaching of chronically disruptive youth. As ethnographic nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Forgotten Room\u003c\/i\u003e breaks down the walls between social science and literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Hollowell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0739134965\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780739134962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lexington Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Mary Hollowell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48799426281727,"sku":"9780739134962","price":58.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-forgotten-room-mary-hollowell-9780739134962","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}