Synopses & Reviews
Educational writer Arlene Silberman crisscrossed the country for three years in search of solutions to the writing dilemma that troubles the family, the school house, and the state house. This optimistic and challenging book will transform the way parents, teachers, and other taxpayers perceive education and in the process, restore the second "R" to its rightful place at home and in schools. Silberman shows us the vital connection that links writing, thinking, and learning, taking us into classrooms in every part of the country to show us how ordinary teachers are helping ordinary students become extraordinary writers.
Synopsis
This optimistic and challenging book will transform the way parents, teachers, and other taxpayers perceive education.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-273) and index.
About the Author
Arlene Silberman has spent most of her career as a teacher, an education writer, a lecturer, and a consultant in the United States and abroad. She was the primary researcher and collaborator on her husband Charles E. Silberman's seminal work, Crisis in the Classroom.
Table of Contents
Where We Are Now
The "Good Old Days"
When Teachers Teach Teachers
"Ringing Bells, Blowing Trumpets" in the Lower Grades
Signs of Change in the Upper Grades
Testing-Good News and Bad
"But What Can I Do?": A Parent's Manual
Strategies for Change: Parent Advocacy and "Parent Involvement."
Appendix.
Recommended Reading.
Index.