Lives On the Boundary: A Moving Account of the Struggles And Achievements of America's Educational Underclass - Softcover

Rose, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140124039 ISBN 13: 9780140124033

Publisher: Penguin, 1990

Synopsis

Argues that children from lower class backgrounds are unfairly labeled as problem students, and suggests new educational policies

About this title

Review:

The best book I have read on American education... Rose reports from the front line in realistic, wise, authoritative terms. ("The Boston Globe")

"A mirror to the many lacking perfect grammar and spelling who may see their dreams translated into reality after all." -Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Vividly written . . . tears apart all of society's prejudices about the academic abilities of the underprivileged." -New York Times

About the Author:

Mike Rose is a professor in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. He has taught in a wide range of educational settings, from elementary school to adult literacy and job training programs. He is a member of the National Academy of Education and the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Grawemeyer Award in Education, and awards from the Spencer Foundation, the National Council of Teachers of English, the Modern Language Association, and the American Educational Research Association. He also received the Commonwealth Club of California’s Award for Literary Excellence in Nonfiction. His books include Lives on the Boundary: The Struggles and Achievements of America’s Educationally Underprepared, Possible Lives: The Promise of Public Education in America, The Mind at Work: Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker, Why School?: Reclaiming Education for All of Us, and Back to School: Why Everyone Deserves a Second Chance at Education.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0140124039
• ISBN 13: 9780140124033
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272