Refugee High - Coming of Age in America

A year in the life of a Chicago high school with one of the nation's highest proportions of refugees, told with "strong novel-like pacing" (Milwaukee Magazine)"A stunning and heart-wrenching work of nonfiction."-Chicago ReaderWinner of the Studs and Ida Terkel PrizeFinalist, Pattis Family Foundation Chicago Book AwardFor a century, Chicago's Roger C. Sullivan High School has been a home to immigrant and refugee students. In 2017, during the worst global refugee crisis in history, its immigrant population numbered close to three hundred-or nearly half the school-and many were refugees new to the country. These young people came from thirty-five different countries, speaking more than thirty-eight different languages. In Refugee High, award-winning author Elly Fishman offers a riveting chronicle of the 2017-18 school year at Sullivan High, a time when anti-immigrant rhetoric was at its height in the White House. Even as we follow teachers and administrators grappling with the everyday challenges facing many urban schools, we witness the complicated circumstances and unique needs of refugee and immigrant children. Heartbreaking and inspiring in equal measure, Refugee High raises vital questions about the priorities and values of a public school and offers an eye-opening and captivating window into the present-day American immigration and education systems.

About the author

Elly Fishman’s work as a journalist and author chronicles stories of struggle and resilience inside American cities. Her reporting has earned her numerous awards, including several Peter Lisagor awards, city and regional magazine association awards, and the Pattis Family Foundation award. Her first book, Refugee High: Coming of Age in America (The New Press), follows the students and faculty at Chicago’s Roger C. Sullivan High School. The book won the prestigious Studs and Ida Terkel Prize for a first book in the public interest. Fishman lives in Milwaukee with her husband and their daughter. She is a Chicago native and graduate of the University of Chicago.

Product details

• Authors: Elly Fishman
• Publisher: New press usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.11.2023
• EAN: 9781620978320
• ISBN: 978-1-62097-832-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, EDUCATION / Inclusive Education, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Multicultural Education, Migration, immigration & emigration, Educational strategies & policy, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Migration, immigration and emigration, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Educational strategies and policy: inclusion, Inclusive education / mainstreaming, Educational strategies and policy