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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783873203321

Autore

Ness Molly

Titolo

Lessons to learn : voices from the front lines of teach for America / / Molly Ness

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-135-94186-6

1-135-94187-4

1-280-16792-0

0-203-46340-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Disciplina

370.973

Soggetti

Teaching - United States

Public schools - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-230).

Nota di contenuto

Lessons to learn voices from the front lines of teach for america; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Author's note; Chapter OneThe Birth of a Vision; Chapter Two Making the Commitment; Chapter Three TheSummer Institute; Chapter Four Raw Realities; Chapter Five Initial Impressions; Chapter Six No Magic Recipe; Chapter Seven Outside the Classroom; Chapter EightTwo plus Years; Chapter Nine Life after Teach for America; Chapter Ten The More you Teach, the More you learn; Chapter Eleven One day: the Road ahead for Teach for America; Afterword; Selected Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

This is the inside story of the more than 8,000 recent college graduates who have joined Teach for America and committed two years of service to teaching in the nation's most troubled public schools. In the tradition of books by Studs Terkel, Ness combines interviews and essays from TFA members and alumni as well as principals, superintendents, parents, and noted education experts.