Safe Passage
Making It through Adolescence in a Risky Society: What Parents, Schools, and Communities Can Do
ISBN13: 9780195137859ISBN10: 019513785X
Paperback,
304 pages
Mar 2000,
In Stock
Price:
$45.00 (04)Description
Children today face daunting obstacles on the path to adulthood--failing schools, dangerous streets, drug abuse, teen pregnancy. But the good news, according to child advocate Joy G. Dryfoos, is that there are many programs out there that work--models that we can apply to our own communities and our own children. In Safe Passage , Dryfoos helps us find them.Indeed, this book examines hundreds of successful programs, ideas that have worked in the real world--and in a very tough real world, at that--such as the Turner Middle School in Philadelphia, a model of the "university assisted" community school. Dryfoos also studies the new trend toward full-service schools, programs that make the school the hub of the community, serving as enrichment centers and neighborhood safe-havens. She evaluates programs that try to cope with sex, drugs, and violence--revealing which ones work and what aspects of these programs are most effective--and also dissects programs that have failed, like the highly touted drug program called DARE. Her sharp and eloquent study concludes with a passionate call for action, outlining what must be done if our young people are to be assured a safe passage to the future.
Product Details
304 pages; 14 halftones; 6-1/8 x 9-1/4; ISBN13: 978-0-19-513785-9ISBN10: 0-19-513785-XAbout the Author(s)
Joy G. Dryfoos is an independent researcher and writer whose work is supported by the Carnegie Corporation. She lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.
