Book
Wrong lanes have right turns : a pardoned man's escape from the school-to-prison pipeline and what we can do to dismantle it
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
[Colorado Springs, Colorado] : WaterBrook, [2022]
Physical Description
xiii, 230 pages ; 24 cm
Summary
"The unforgettable true story of one man's escape from the school-to-prison pipeline, how he reinvented himself as a pastor and education reform advocate, and what his journey can teach us about turning the collateral damage in the lives of our youth into collateral hope"--
Contents
- My soul looks back and wonders
- The predator and the prey
- How are the children?
- Bitter seed
- Walking without purpose
- Crash
- Short money
- Tragedy interrupted
- Redemption and re-entry
- No success without struggle
- Right turns.
Subjects
- African American clergy > Biography.
- Christian biography > United States.
- Ex-convicts > United States > Biography.
- African American boys > Education > Social aspects.
- Racism in education > United States.
- Prison-industrial complex > United States.
- Educational change > United States.
- Phillips, Michael (Pastor)