Education Emergency

This book (Education Emergency) is necessary because urban education is in a state of crisis. The endless cycle of teachers abandoning our urban youth and fleeing inner-city schools for their suburban counterparts, charter schools, out of classroom positions, and or other professions, has long been a serious problem. Teachers are walking away from the profession in droves due to the stress and frustration that comes with the job. Additionally, the sky-rocketing price of college tuition and the student loan debt crisis have left students questioning if they can even afford college or how they will pay back their debt upon graduation. We have truly reached a state of emergency when our most vulnerable students began to question if going to college is even worth it. Furthermore, the steadily increasing price of rent in urban areas in combination with the lack of opportunity to land mid to high wage jobs is creating a serious quality of life problem for our urban youth. Compounding this problem, is the issue that students living and attending schools in economically distressed and or high crime communities are being exposed to an excessive amount of violence. Students from disadvantaged, economically distressed, high crime neighborhoods, are frequently exposed to economic, physical, cultural, social, spiritual and mental trauma. This book provides remedies and recommendations for urban teachers to help at-risk youth overcome the challenges and excessive stress they may face growing up and attending schools in these turbulent communities.