{"product_id":"9780807773390","title":"Being Bad: My Baby Brother and the School-to-Prison Pipeline","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeing Bad\u003c\/em\u003e will change the way you think about the social and academic worlds of Black boys. In a poignant and harrowing journey from systems of education to systems of criminal justice, the author follows her brother, Chris, who has been designated a “bad kid” by his school, a “person of interest” by the police, and a “gangster” by society. Readers first meet Chris in a Chicago jail, where he is being held in connection with a string of street robberies. We then learn about Chris through insiders’ accounts that stretch across time to reveal key events preceding this tragic moment. Together, these stories explore such timely issues as the under-education of Black males, the place and importance of scapegoats in our culture, the on-the-ground reality of zero tolerance, the role of mainstream media in constructing Black masculinity, and the critical relationships between schools and prisons. No other book combines rigorous research, personal narrative, and compelling storytelling to examine the educational experiences of young Black males.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Features:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe natural history of an African American teenager navigating a labyrinth of social worlds.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA detailed, concrete example of the school-to-prison pipeline phenomenon.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRare insightsof an African American family making sense of, and healing from, school wounds.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSuggested resources of reliable places where educators can learn and do more.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Other books have focusedon the school-to-prison pipeline \u003cstrong\u003eor\u003c\/strong\u003e the educational experiences of young African American males, but I know of none that bring the combination of rigorous research, up-close personal vantage point, and skilled storytelling provided by Laura in \u003cem\u003eBeing Bad\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cstrong\u003eGregory Michie\u003c\/strong\u003e, chicago public school teacher, author of \u003cem\u003eHoller If You Hear Me\u003c\/em\u003e, senior research associate at the Center for Policy Studies and Social Justice, Concordia University Chicago\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Refusing to separate the threads that bind the oppressive fabric of contemporary urban life, Laura has crafted a story that is at once astutely critical, funny, engaging, tearful, dialogue-filled, profoundly theoretical, despairing, and filled with hope. \u003cem\u003eBeing Bad\u003c\/em\u003e is a challenge and a gift to students, families, policymakers, soon-to-be teachers, social workers, and ethnographers.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cstrong\u003eMichelle Fine\u003c\/strong\u003e, distinguished professor, Graduate Center, CUNY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Perhaps more than any other study on this topic, this book brings to life the complicated, fleshed, lived experience of those most directly and collaterally impacted by the politics of schooling and its relationship to our growing prison nation.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cstrong\u003eGarrett Albert Duncan\u003c\/strong\u003e, associate professor of Education and African \u0026amp; African-American Studies, Washington University in St. Louis\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teachers College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47109354782960,"sku":"9780807773390","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780807773390_p0.jpg?v=1763729631","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780807773390","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}