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Letters to a Young Teacher
Letters to a Young Teacher
Author: Jonathan Kozol
In these affectionate letters to Francesca, a first grade teacher at an inner-city school in Boston, Jonathan Kozol vividly describes his repeated visits to her classroom while, under Francesca’s likably irreverent questioning, he also reveals his own most personal stories of the years that he has spent in public schools. — Letters to a ...  more » reignites a numberof the controversial issues Jonathan has powerfully addressed in recent years: the mania of high-stakes testing that turns many classrooms into test-prep factories where spontaneity and critical intelligence are no longer valued, the invasion of our public schools by predatory private corporations, and the inequalities of urban schools that are once again almost as segregated as they were a century ago.

But most of all, these letters are rich with the happiness of teaching children, the curiosity and jubilant excitement children bring into the classroom at an early age, and their ability to overcome their insecurities when they are in the hands of an adoring and hard-working teacher.
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ISBN-13: 9780307393715
ISBN-10: 0307393712
Publication Date: 8/21/2007
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Publisher: Crown
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Audio CD
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This book is amazing for any teacher! I adore it and I plan to keep it with me through my entire teaching career. I just keep reading it!


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