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Turning Points: 35 Visionaries in Education Tell Their Own Stories
Turning Points 35 Visionaries in Education Tell Their Own Stories Author:Lisa Delpit, Riane Eisler, John Taylor Gatto, Four Arrows (Don Trent Jacobs), Herbert Kohl, Deborah Meier, Chris Mercogliano, Ron Miller, Susan Ohanian, Kirsten Olson Thirty-five visionary educators were asked: — What was your schooling like? When did you realize that there is a need for an alternative approach? What have you done since to help realize that vision? What are you doing now? — Turning Points is an anthology of their responses, a peek into the lives and journeys of these pioneering individuals who ... more »have-and are-transforming what it means to be a teacher, a student, and a life-long learner.
"The [educators] we're looking for are those who say, "I want to work to change this system so others will be spared what was done to me." They have the compassion and the courage to shake up the status quo and denounce cruel traditions. They've mastered the art of negative learning and developed a commitment to making the world, or at least whatever part of it they come to inhabit, a better place than it was before they got there."
Alfie Kohn, Education Week (adapted from the foreword)« less