Improvising -- The mystery. The literacy of loss : youth creation of RIP T-shirts / Lanette Jimerson -- Taking care of the caregivers. 1/30. Bloodroot. After Tupac / Molly Radnor -- Wrong steps. Notes on a classroom responding to the death of a student / Jaimie Stevenson -- White teacher -- Good guys, bad guys. On losing students / Crystal Laura ; A letter / David Stovall -- Our worst nightmare. Instinctually, teachers are eternal optimists / Lee Keylock -- Mortality in its many forms. Losing Kyle -- automobile accident / Hasmig Minassian ; Remembering Angel / Godhuli Bose -- Teacher education. Addressing the issue in the academy / Leora Wolf-Prusan ; Youth poetry teacher : losing a student and a friend / Donte Clark -- What schools can do -- Afterword : from the counselor and therapist / Cori Bussolari.
Summary
"An Empty Seat in Class illuminates the tragedy of student death and suggests ways of dealing and healing within the classroom community. This book weaves the story of the author's very personal experience of a student's fatal shooting with short pieces by other educators who have worked through equally terrible events and also includes contributions from counselors, therapists, and school principals."--Publisher's website.
