Letters to a Young Teacher

Name: Letters to a Young Teacher
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ISBN: 9780307393722

ISBN-10: 0307393720

ISBN-13: 9780307393722

Edition: 2007

Authors: Jonathan Kozol

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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 Young Teacherreignites 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…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/5/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.19" wide x 7.99" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Educator and author Jonathan Kozol was born in Boston. He graduated from Harvard University in 1958. Kozol has an concerns with topics such as illiteracy, children trying to learn in bad neighborhoods and homelessness. His books include Death at an Early Age, Illiterate American and Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America.