Searching for Hope: Life at a Failing School in the Heart of America

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SEARCHING for HOPE Indiana University Press Bloomington & Indianapolis SEARCHING for HOPE life at a failing school in the heart of america MATTHEW TULLY + + + + + + This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, Indiana 47404-3797 usa iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931© 2012 by Matthew Tully All photos courtesy of Danese Kenon, Indianapolis Star. All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z39.48-1992. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-inPublication Data Tully, Matthew. Searching for hope : life at a failing school in the heart of America / Matthew Tully. p. cm. isbn 978-0-253-00593-9 (cloth : alk. paper) — isbn 978-0-253-00597-7 (eb) 1. Emmerich Manual High School (Indianapolis, Ind.) 2. Children with social disabilities—Education (Secondary)— Indiana—Indianapolis. I. Title. ld7501.i4646t85 2012 373.772’52—dc23 2011047610 1 2 3 4 5 16 15 14 13 12 to valerie, the greatest thing that has ever happened to me; and to reid, the greatest thing that has ever happened to us. ...