School Sucks!: Arguments for Alternative Education - Paperback

by Greg S. Goodman (Other), Rochelle Brock (Editor), Greg S. Goodman (Editor)

School Sucks! is designed to complement the dominant discourse of school reform by presenting a compendium of critical pedagogical writings that analyze the current issues in urban education and demonstrate alternative praxis for failing schools. Inspired by Mary McLeod Bethune and Paulo Freire, this book employs a critical pedagogy and praxis in calling for wholesale changes within our urban schools.

Author Biography

Rochelle Brock is Associate Professor of Urban Education and Executive Director of the Urban Teacher Education Program at Indiana University Northwest in Gary, Indiana. She is also an editor for The International Journal of Critical Pedagogy and series editor of Black Studies and Critical Thinking (Peter Lang Publishing). She has written books and articles on White privilege, teacher identity, critical pedagogy, African American popular culture, and Black feminist theory.
Greg S. Goodman is Associate Professor of Education at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. His research interests include school psychology, educational psychology, distance learning, and how people learn.