Drawing inspiration from Dr. Willi Schohaus' classic text The Dark Places of Education, this book contributes to the discussion by defining suffering in schools and providing a survey of the American school system's inadequacies in the early twenty first century.

Joseph Polizzi is Associate Professor of Education and Educational Leadership at Sacred Heart University, USA

William C. Frick is Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Oklahoma, USA.

Foreword

Preface

Chapter 1: Contributions to Suffering Based on Critical Contemporary Accounts of Schooling

Chapter 2: Willi Schohaus and the Shadow over the School: Suffering Then...

Chapter 3: Understanding Suffering for Educators

Chapter 4: Study Description

Chapter 5: Voices of Lament and Suffering in School: Suffering Now...

Chapter 6: Interpretations and Discussion

Chapter 7: Concluding Thoughts on Suffering in School [Epilogue]