Inside Mrs. B. 's Classroom Courage, Hope, and Learning on Chicago's South Side

Name: Inside Mrs. B. 's Classroom Courage, Hope, and Learning on Chicago's South Side
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ISBN: 9780071417358

ISBN-10: 0071417354

ISBN-13: 9780071417358

Edition: 2004

Authors: Leslie Baldacci

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'Inside Mrs. B's Classroom' tells the story of a veteran journalist on the 'Chicago Sun-Times' who left her prestigious, 25-year career to teach at a public school in one of Chicago's roughest South-Side neighbourhoods. The book addresses one of American society's most critical issues - education.

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Publication date: 9/15/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.20" wide x 9.10" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Leslie Baldacci is still a classroom teacher and writes for the "Chicago Sun-Times".



Acknowledgments



The Mad Crapper



Welcome to the Neighborhood



"Bring Two No. 2 Pencils"



My Assignment



The Farewell Tour



The Belly of the Beast



Nesting



The Seventh Graders Arrive



Getting to Know Them



Al Gore Visits the Billy Goat



The Kids Are All Right, but the Teachers Are Wrecks



Violence



A Five-Week Reorganization



Learning



An Observation



Crime and Punishment



Thanksgiving Break



An Intervention



The Bathroom Incident



A Winning Streak



So Far



The Mid-Winter Lull



The Second Half



Hip Hop 101



Bottoming Out



No Coincidences



Pierre



Spring Planting



Bad Things Happen in Threes



"Remediation"



Assumptions



Livin' on the Edge



The End of the Seventh Grade



Fairyland



The More Things Change



Cult of Personality



Trouble



Dance Africa



Loving Louis



The Downside



Another Christmas



Cruel January



A Prayer in School



Recess!



The Teacher Certification Test



Midnight Catches a Snake



Lost Parents



Mother's Day



Guns of Summer



Going From Here



Graduation


Postscript


Index