Girl Time: Literacy, Justice and the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Maisha T. Winn

Girl Time: Literacy, Justice and the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Teachers' College Press
Country
United States
Published
14 April 2011
Pages
192
ISBN
9780807752005

Girl Time: Literacy, Justice and the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Maisha T. Winn

This original account is based on the author’s experiences with incarcerated girls participating in Girl Time, a programme created by a theatre company that conducts playwriting and performance workshops in youth detention centres. In addition to examining the lives of these and other formerly incarcerated girls, Girl Time shares the stories of educators who dare to teach children who have been thrown away by their schools and society. The girls, primarily African American teens, write their own plays, learn ensemble-building techniques, explore societal themes, and engage in self analysis as they prepare for a final performance. The book describes some of the girls and their experiences in the programme, examines the implications of the school-to-prison pipeline, and offers ways for young girls to avoid incarceration. Readers will learn how the lived experiences of incarcerated girls can inform their teaching in public school classrooms and the teaching of literacy as a civil and human right.

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