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All posts by Dave Jim Lynch Makes Landscape Art... Out of Text

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If Carl Hiaasen set one of his novels on a residential stretch of boundary line between British Columbia and Washington, or if Richard Russo's characters had relatives in the Pacific Northwest, the result might be something like Jim Lynch's Border Songs. Continue »

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  4. Holler If You Hear Me 2ND Edition
  5. Pledging Allegiance: The Politics of Patriotism in America's Schools
  6. Putting the Children First: The Changing Face of Newark's Public Schools
  7. Refusing Racism: White Allies and the Struggle for Civil Rights
  8. Refusing Racism: White Allies and the Struggle for Civil Rights
  9. Teach Freedom: Education for Liberation in the African-American Tradition
  10. Controversies in the Classroom:: A Radical Teacher Reader
  11. Teaching Science for School Justice (03 Edition)
  12. Teaching Science for Social Justice
  13. Teaching the Personal and the Political : Essays on Hope and Justice (04 Edition)
  14. The Public Assault on America's Children: Poverty, Violence, and Juvenile Injustice
  15. The Seduction of Common Sense: How the Right Has Framed the Debate on America's Schools
  16. Walking the Color Line: The Art and Practice of Anti-Racist Teaching
  17. White Architects of Black Education : Ideology and Power in America, 1865-1954 (01 Edition)

Spectacular Things Happen Along the Way: Lessons from an Urban Classroom (Teaching for Social Justice)

by Brian Schultz

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Book News Annotation:

Prior to joining the education faculty at Northeastern Illinois U., Schultz taught at an impoverished grade school in the Chicago public school system. Schultz entered that arena with previous experience teaching at the university level, guiding groups in adventure education and Outward Bound expeditionary learning, and providing corporate consulting for several years--all of which may explain his resistance to "teaching to the test" and his interest in creating a curriculum based on his students' needs, wants, and desires. He presents a reflective account of how he challenged his students to identify a problem in their community that they wanted to fix, and to explore possible solutions. Educators and parents will enjoy this fascinating and thought-provoking story of how an alternative approach to the more typical high-stakes testing and standardization of education can be used to enable children to transform themselves. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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When Schultz challenged his fifth-grade students to name problems in their community, they unanimously focused on replacing their dilapidated school building. This moving story portrays the students' attempts at solving this real-world problem through a year-long project that they developed with Schultz.
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ISBN:
9780807748572
Subtitle:
Lessons from an Urban Classroom
Author:
Schultz, Brian
Foreword:
Grant, Carl A.
Author:
Schultz, Brian D.
Publisher:
Teachers College Press
Subject:
Home and school
Subject:
Community and school
Subject:
History
Subject:
School improvement programs -- United States.
Subject:
Community and school -- United States.
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Teaching for Social Justice
Publication Date:
March 2008
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
173
Dimensions:
8.98x6.24x.42 in. .59 lbs.
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