As hate crimes and violence continue to hurt the innocent our society has looked little beyond
retribution and punishment for the perpetrators. This book breaks new ground by looking at the
ways in which educators and school boards can work to develop transformational agency for those
students most at risk. By developing alternative schools that foster strong relationships
through supportive communities disaffected youth can find hope and trust within themselves as
they continue their educational and social development. Undergirded with critical and border
pedagogy alternative schools effectively build transformative agency within their students by
genuinely caring about their success.
