As bad as they say? : three decades of teaching in the Bronx /

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"Rundown, vermin-infested buildings; rigid, slow-to-react bureaucratic systems; children from broken homes and declining communities. How can a teacher succeed? How does a student not only survive but also come to thrive? It can happen, and this book tells the heroic stories of the author'...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mayer, Janet Grossbach
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Empire State Editions : Fordham University Press, 2011.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Mayer, Janet Grossbach.
Mayer, Janet Grossbach
High school teachers > United States > Biography.
English teachers > United States > Biography.
Teaching > New York (State) > New York.
Professeurs (Enseignement secondaire) > États-Unis > Biographies.
Professeurs d'anglais > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Educators.
EDUCATION > Secondary.
English teachers
High school teachers
Teaching
Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
New York (State) > New York
New York (State) > New York > Bronx
United States
Electronic books.
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I: Bronx Roots. Introduction
  • Nobody
  • It Was the Worst of Times
  • II: Defying Expectations. Omara--The Orphan
  • Remarkable Ramika
  • Marion--A Rare Gem
  • A Typical American Teenager--Dominican Republic-Style
  • Tenacious Tamika
  • Multiple Intelligences: A Digression
  • Dolores--The Dancer
  • Marisa--with Charisma
  • Pedro--The Piano Player
  • Bridging the Gap
  • III: Losing Our Way. Deception, Dismantling, and Demise of Public Education.
  • pt. 1. Bronx roots
  • pt. 2. Defying expectations
  • pt. 3. Losing our way.

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