Dangerous Schools: What We Can Do About the Physical and Emotional Abuse of Our Children

"This book makes a strong argument against school abuses and offersclear and proven strategies for change. It will appeal to parentswho suspect that their children have been maltreated by educatorsand for advocates who desire a blueprint for social change." (JamesGarbarino, codirector, Family Life Development Center, CornellUniversity; author, What Children Can Tell Us)

"Dangerous Schools is a welcome antidote to the politics of "zerotolerance" that grip so many schools today. By combining passionateadvocacy with anecdotal and scientific observations, the authorsshow how authoritarian practices like strip searches, undercoveroperations, and corporal punishment can extinguish our children'ssense of security, freedom, and justice. A must read for all thosewho care about what is going on in our schools today." (LorenSiegel, director of public education, American Civil LibertiesUnion)

"A passionate and relatively practical contribution for parents andeducators who are concerned about disciplinary abuses of studentsin some public schools." (Perry A. Zirkel, Iacocca professor ofeducation, Lehigh University)