OK, so you didn’t do your professional vacation reading this
summer and school started this week. You
are already up to your nose is lesson plans, seating charts, putting up
bulletin boards and mastering your students’ names. Parents have already
started to call or email requesting conferences. Despite all of this, teachers
should make some time to take a look at some of the recently published books
pertaining to current issues in education.
Building A Better
Teacher by Elizabeth Green- This book examines some of the more recent
trends such as No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, and Common Core. Green
also discusses accountability and makes the case for the importance of teacher
training.
Crash Course- by
Kim Bearden. The author has over 25 years of experience as a teacher, principal,
and curriculum director. Her focus is on problem solving, and viewing the
current issues in American education through the eyes of someone on the inside.
Getting Schooled: The
Reeducation of an American Teacher by Garret Keizer
This work is the author’s candid account of his return to
the classroom after a long hiatus.
Aside from recent publications I would like to recommend
some of the classics for either an initial read or a “second time around.” Take
a look at:
Cultural Literacy - E.D.Hirsch
Why Johnny Can’t Read- Rudolf Flesch
Savage Inequalities- Jonathan Kozol
The Flat World and Education-Linda Darling-Hammond
My contribution to the cause, “Beyond the Classroom Door, “will be published shortly. Please keep
tuned to this site for more information about ordering copies and arranging for
speaking engagements.
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