Giving up on School Melissa Burlock *New and revised examples and

*New and revised examples and quiz items pertaining to a broader range of fields

Silicon Valley offers a sobering illustration of environmental inequality and other problems that are increasingly linked to the globalization of the world's economies

she offers recommendations to help improve the quality of life for these women

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followed by related "Reflection" questions that ask readers to consider practical applications of the cases discussed Helps readers develop their understanding through skill-building exercises

Giving up on School Melissa Burlock *New and revised examples andThe authors discuss how educational alienation is created and fostered by factors in the school, the community and the world. They attack some contemporary school reforms for addressing the wrong problems and propose their own solutions to minimizing alienation. Links between student dropout and teacher burnout are made in this volume. The authors consider them not as separate phenomena, but as stemming from the same process of alienation. The book is