Confessions of a bad Teacher : : the Shocking Truth From the Front Lines of American Public Education
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An explosive new look at the pressures on today's teachers and the pitfalls of school reform, Confessions of a Bad Teacher presents a passionate appeal to save public schools, before it's too late.
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
Charter School Expose submitted by sdunav on June 16, 2014, 8:01pm This could be more accurately titled "Stories about a Really Bad Principal in a Pie in the Sky Urban Charter School". Owens makes very good points about what students need, school pageantry, teacher evaluation,administrative power, and standardized testing and NCLB. Though his style is a little pedantic sometimes (compare Brendan Halpin's "Losing My Faculties" for some fun hyperbole and emotion on the same topic), I think this is an important book that parents considering charter schools - or parents interested in education reform - really should read. I didn't find it particularly shocking, but the details and descriptions were quite eye-opening. And note that Owens' school wasn't a for-profit charter!
We, as teachers, are under... submitted by tbbrown76 on July 3, 2014, 9:41am many stressors. If it was just students, parents and admin., that would be bad enough. But, now we feel like puppets in a big political mess. Please help.
PUBLISHED
Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, 2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: xxvi, 244 pages ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781402281006 (paperback)
1402281005 (paperback)
SUBJECTS
Public schools -- United States.
Education -- United States -- Anecdotes.
Educational change -- United States.