Random House New Releases - Education - Educational Policy & Reform - School Safety & Violence

When the Drama Club is Not Enough by Kim Westheimer

2002-08-16T00:30:00-05:00

When the Drama Club is Not Enough Lessons from the Safe Schools Program for Gay and Lesbian Students
Written by Jeff Perrotti and Kim Westheimer

eBook | Beacon Press | Education - Educational Policy & Reform - School Safety & Violence; Education - Educational Policy & Reform | $24.00 | 978-0-8070-3125-4 (0-8070-3125-9)

When the Drama Club Is Not Enough presents the work of two young activists who have been at the forefront of the successful Safe Schools Program for Gay and Lesbian Students in Massachusetts, a model for states and school districts nationwide. They give concrete, hard-won, and often inspiring lessons on integrating gay and lesbian issues to create powerful change for school communities.

The book discusses the previously undiscussable--gay and lesbian identity and self-esteem at the middle and elementary school level, and gay and lesbian issues in school sports. It tells the story of a high school junior who, at the end of one of Jeff Perrotti's workshops on school sports, raised his hand and said he was a football captain and wanted to come out and needed help, and uses this dramatic narrative of personal courage to show step-by-step how gay and lesbian issues can be a catalyst for transformation of schools.

The authors speak directly to those who want to change school climate--parents, teachers, administrators, and students concerned about harassment and safety. They offer seasoned and often humorous advice on dealing with controversy--even if it occurs in the context of a school presentation on sexual orientation attended by angry and disruptive parents. When the Drama Club Is Not Enough includes chapters on 'Getting Started' and 'Race and Gender' and sections on school policies and students' legal rights in order to ensure safe schools.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

When the Drama Club is Not Enough by Kim Westheimer

2002-08-16T00:30:00-05:00

When the Drama Club is Not Enough Lessons from the Safe Schools Program for Gay and Lesbian Students
Written by Jeff Perrotti and Kim Westheimer

Trade Paperback, 240 pages | Beacon Press | Education - Educational Policy & Reform - School Safety & Violence; Education - Educational Policy & Reform; Education - Students & Student Life | $20.00 | 978-0-8070-3131-5 (0-8070-3131-3)

Under Deadman's Skin by Jane Katch

2002-02-18T00:30:00-05:00

Under Deadman's Skin Discovering the Meaning of Children's Violent Play
Written by Jane Katch

Trade Paperback, 144 pages | Beacon Press | Education - Educational Policy & Reform - School Safety & Violence; Family & Relationships - Child Development; Education - Experimental Methods | $18.00 | 978-0-8070-3129-2 (0-8070-3129-1)

The five-and six-year-olds in my class have invented a new game they call suicide. I have never seen a game I hate so much in which all the children involved are so happy.

So begins Under Deadman's Skin, a deceptively simple-and compellingly readable-teachers' tale. Jane Katch, in the tradition of Vivian Paley and Jonathan Kozol, uses her student's own vocabulary and storytelling to set the scene: a class of five-and six-year-olds obsessed with what is to their teacher hatefully violent fantasy play. Katch asks, 'Can I make a place in school for understanding these fantasies, instead of shutting them out?'

Over the course of the year she holds group discussions to determine what kind of play creates or calms turmoil; she illustrates (or rather the children illustrate) the phenomenon of very young children needing to make sense of exceptionally violent imagery; and she consults with older grade-school boys who remember what it was like to be obsessed by violence and tell Katch what she can do to help. Katch's classroom journey-one that leads her to rules and limits that keep children secure-is an enabling blueprint for any teacher or parent disturbed by violent children's play.

Random House New Releases - Education - Educational Policy & Reform - School Safety & Violence

When the Drama Club is Not Enough by Kim Westheimer

When the Drama Club is Not Enough Lessons from the Safe Schools Program for Gay and Lesbian StudentsWritten by Jeff Perrotti and Kim Westheimer

When the Drama Club is Not Enough by Kim Westheimer

When the Drama Club is Not Enough Lessons from the Safe Schools Program for Gay and Lesbian StudentsWritten by Jeff Perrotti and Kim Westheimer

Under Deadman's Skin by Jane Katch

Under Deadman's Skin Discovering the Meaning of Children's Violent PlayWritten by Jane Katch

When the Drama Club is Not Enough Lessons from the Safe Schools Program for Gay and Lesbian Students
Written by Jeff Perrotti and Kim Westheimer

When the Drama Club is Not Enough Lessons from the Safe Schools Program for Gay and Lesbian Students
Written by Jeff Perrotti and Kim Westheimer

Under Deadman's Skin Discovering the Meaning of Children's Violent Play
Written by Jane Katch