Jo Napolitano

The School I Deserve (eBook, ePUB)

Six Young Refugees and Their Fight for Equality in America

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Uncovers the key civil rights battle that immigrant children fought alongside the ACLU to ensure equal access to education within a xenophobic nation Journalist Jo Napolitano, a two- time Pulitzer Prize nominee, delves into the landmark ACLU case in which the School District of Lancaster, Pennsylvania was sued for refusing to admit older, non-English speaking refugees and sending them to a high-discipline alternative school. Six refugee students fought alongside the ACLU to demand equal access to education. One of the students, eighteen-year-old Khadidja Issa, fled the horrific violence in war-torn Sudan with the hope of a safer life in the United States where she could have access to an education. Instead, she was barred from enrollment by the School District of Lancaster and admitted to Phoenix Academy---a for-profit alternative school with multiple abuse allegations where students were subjected to daily pat-downs and random searches. Napolitano follows Khadidja as she bravely decides to join the ACLU's lawsuit as the plaintiff in the ISSA vs. The School District of Lancaster case. The fiery week-long showdown between the ACLU and the school district was ultimately decided by a conservative Republican judge who, to everyone's surprise, ruled in favor of the refugees. The School I Deserve sheds light upon the lack of support immigrant and refugee children face in our education system and presents a hopeful future where all children can receive an equal education regardless of race, ethnicity, or their country of origin.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Beacon Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780807024997
• Artikelnr.: 59416779

Autorenporträt

Jo Napolitano is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years of experience at the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and Newsday. She has written on many topics, but public education remains her primary focus. She first spotted the trend of public schools turning away immigrant children in 2014, when she was a senior reporter for Newsday. Months of research showed the trend was nationwide and won Napolitano a Spencer Education Fellowship to Columbia University to write this book. Connect with her on Twitter @Jo_Napolitano and on Instagram @jonapolitano.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION
From Colombia to Columbia in Forty Short Years
CHAPTER 1
The Longest Goodbyes
CHAPTER 2
A New World
CHAPTER 3
Beyond the Horses and Buggies
CHAPTER 4
The Uninvited
CHAPTER 5
Handle with Care
CHAPTER 6
Not on My Watch
CHAPTER 7
Big Leagues
CHAPTER 8
Not in Our Names
CHAPTER 9
This Land Is Your Land
CHAPTER 10
UnDACAmented
CHAPTER 11
Opening Arguments
CHAPTER 12
In Their Own Words
CHAPTER 13
Caps and Gowns
CHAPTER 14
Tough Crowd
CHAPTER 15
Disconnected
CHAPTER 16
A Missed Opportunity
CHAPTER 17
Granted
CHAPTER 18
Higher Ground
CHAPTER 19
A Room of Her Own
Acknowledgments
Notes