Allen Levie

Broschiertes Buch

Thriving In A Public School, Color Paperback

Beschreibung

#1 New Release on Amazon in Education Organization & Institutions. Thriving In a Public School collects stories spanning two decades of teaching and learning at Horlick High School in Racine, Wisconsin. Students organized to take action in profound ways, action that altered not only the course of their lives, but the culture of their school and their communities. The basic premise of this book is that learning is a political act. Students' struggles for social change revealed the politics that limited their education. Political growth led to academic success and changed their life choices and careers. Students became part of organizations and social justice movements, deepening their understanding of the world as they built skills for social transformation. Sharing stories and testimonies of organizing, Thriving brings readers into the campaigns where teachers and students stood together. These pages show how the process of organizing events to connect classroom learning to community concerns led to the establishment of student organizations that built real power, transforming the culture of classrooms, and becoming a force for meaningful change. The book draws on over 70 interviews with students, staff, school administrators, and community leaders "We were able to get the school to recognize us and not punish us for who we were. We were no longer profiled for what we wore or how we appeared. Our voices were...heard." -Horlick High School Student Tabria Snead "It was the first time I spoke publicly.... I remember my legs trembling like they were made of jelly. Afterwards I felt powerful and accomplished." -Horlick High School Student Brenda Garcia "The experience helped me grow as a teacher. [The student] and I grew closer as human beings. The teacher/student divide had been bridged." -Horlick Social Studies Teacher Aaron Eick

Autor

From working class beginnings Al Levie was a structural steel worker,machinist and union and community organizer, deciding later in life topursue a career in teaching. Al enrolled at UWM's school of educationand graduated with honors. For the next five years he worked days atthe Milwaukee House of Correction teaching inmates to get theirGED's and technical training such as asphalting and concrete andevenings at the local technical college teaching U.S. and CurrentHistory. It was at this time especially his work in the House ofCorrections which further developed his empathy and politicalunderstanding of class struggle in America.For two decades Al worked as a Social Studies, African American,Latin American and World History teacher and served as union building president, volunteerwrestling coach and student club advisor at Horlick High School in Racine, Wisconsin. Al was thefounder of Youth Empowered In the Struggle, is a leading force with Voces de La Frontera anational group spearheading operations for immigrant rights and for two years was the co-chair ofthe educational committee for the NAACP Racine Branch, an organization of which he is a lifetimemember.Al Levie has written numerous published articles and regularly featured in live interviews including"Students Galvanize for Immigrant Rights" for the publication, Rethinking Schools and "OrganizeStudents, Organize Everyone, And Fight Like Hell" interview by Maximilian Alverez, produced byThe Real News Network.Al was a recipient of The Hispanic Unsung Hero Award from the King Center, awarded by theNAACP for the work he did with African American Youth. Additionally, he received two Advisor ofthe Year Awards from Voces de La Frontera, Everyday Hero recognition from the ShepherdExpress, and a Humanitarian of the Year award from Gateway Technical College.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Austin Design Lab
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 521g
• ISBN-13: 9798218460853
• Artikelnr.: 71223962