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    My Year of Hope and Despair in a New York City High School

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    In this insightfully honest and moving memoir about the realities of teaching in an inner-city school, Ed Boland "smashes the dangerous myth of the hero-teacher [and] shows us how high the stakes are for our most vulnerable students" (Piper Kerman, author of Orange is the New Black).In a fit of idealism, Ed Boland left a twenty-year career as a non-profit executive to teach in a tough New York ... Read more

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  • Our School

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    Almost every major American city is experimenting with school choice—a deeply controversial idea that is dramatically reshaping public education. Will the wider array of school options help parents and educators identify better strategies for helping all children learn? Or will the high stakes of the marketplace end up privatizing this most public of institutions? Education activist Sam Chaltain ... Read more

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  • Transforming Angel - True Story of an Inner City Child - a bridge to something better

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    Encouraging words and meaningful spiritual quotes, everyone needs them. Discover their power and personal benefit in your life at: www.KingdomCompanions.comTransforming Angel - In this captivating true short story, become informed of the daily drama at an inner city middle school. Learn about a teacher's heart-felt conviction to go beyond the "usual" supportive environment within her classroom. ... Read more

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  • Ms. Moffett's First Year

    Becoming a Teacher in America

    by Abby Goodnough ...
    In summer of 2000, legal secretary Donna Moffett answered an ad for the New York City Teaching Fellows program, which sought to recruit "talented professionals" from other fields to teach in some of the city's worst schools. Seven weeks later she was in a first grade classroom in Flatbush, Brooklyn, nearly completely unprepared for what she was about to face.New York Times education reporter Abby ... Read more

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  • Failing at School

    Lessons for Redesigning Urban High Schools

    by Camille A. Farrington ...
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    Roughly half of all incoming ninth graders across urban districts will fail classes and drop out of school without a diploma. Failing at School starts with the premise that urban American high schools generate such widespread student failure not because of some fault of the students who attend them but because high schools were designed to stratify achievement and let only the top performers ... Read more

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  • A Smarter Charter

    Finding What Works for Charter Schools and Public Education

    by Richard D. Kahlenberg, Halley Potter ...
    “A remarkable new book.... Wise and energetic advocates such as Kahlenberg and Potter can take the charter movement in new and useful directions.”—The Washington PostMoving beyond the debate over whether or not charter schools should exist, A Smarter Charter wrestles with the question of what kind of charter schools we should encourage. The authors begin by tracing the evolution of charter schools ... Read more

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  • Katrina's Sandcastles

    New Hope From The Ruins of New Orleans Schools

    by Kaycee Eckhardt ...
    "The first thing I need you to know is that becoming a teacher was the most important thing that ever happened to me." With these words, Kaycee Eckhardt begins a journey both harrowing and hopeful: The story of becoming an effective teacher, of building a new school, and of changing the face of education in Post-Katrina New Orleans. Beginning as a first year teacher, barely out of six weeks of ... Read more

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  • Stop The Bus

    Education Reform in 31 Days

    by Nathaniel A. Turner ...
    Stop the Bus is a collection of letters written to media editors throughout the country. The author's intent was to challenge America to think differently about education and to do more than accept the oft repeated diatribe about schools. The author believes America's educational system can be revitalized in 200 words per day over a 31 day period. ... Read more

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  • Connecting with Students

    Strategies for Building Rapport with Urban Learners

    by Crystal Higgs ...
    Connecting with Students: Strategies for Building Rapport with Urban Learners focuses on how educators can efficiently establish ongoing rapport with each student through three simple steps: Seeing beyond barriers, sharing their intentions, and showing their "face". Chapter details are narrated through anecdotal experiences, confirmed by research, and seconded by actual urban learners. Educators ... Read more

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  • The Urban Challenge in Education

    The Story of Charter School Successes in Los Angeles

    by Joseph Scollo, Dona Stevens, Ellen Pomella ...
    With the advent of charter schools in the United States, the face of public education has changed in this country. From its early beginning in Minnesota to its exponential growth inCalifornia the charter school movement has generated much controversy. It has been praised for its accomplishments, and criticized for its creaming of students.Over 130,000 students attend nearly 250 charter schools in ... Read more

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