The Blab of the Paved: Bad Kids and the School They Called Family

This narrative ethnography adopts an aesthetic lens to relay the various lived experiences of a non—traditional, Midwestern public high school during its final year in its original building. Extending upon previous research of high school dropouts, I examine how this one particular high school incorporated a self—paced curriculum with a focus on “family” to address the unique learning needs of students at risk of not graduating. By employing elements of grounded theory, narrative inquiry, a...