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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Teaching as Evolution | |
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| Lessons Learned Along the Way | |
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| The Promise of Multicultural Education | |
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| The Sociopolitical Context of Education | |
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| Teachers Make a Difference | |
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| Teaching as Autobiography | |
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| Remembering What Brought Them to Teaching | |
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| Teacher Autobiographies | |
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| Sidewalk School | |
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| My Journey | |
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| I Teach Who I Am | |
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| The Power of Connection | |
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| The Book Chart | |
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| Postscript: A Response from the Editor | |
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| Teaching as Love | |
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| Effective Teachers of Urban Students | |
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| Respecting and Affirming Students' Identities | |
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| Care and Respect: Beyond Hugs and Other Displays of Affection | |
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| Judith Baker's Tough Problem | |
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| Educational Reform and Caring | |
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| My Persistent Dilemma | |
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| On Teaching Metaphors and Caring | |
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| Teaching as Gardening | |
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| "A Fundamental Belief" in Students | |
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| Teaching as Hope and Possibility | |
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| The Promise of Public Education | |
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| Education Was My Way Out | |
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| Faith in Their Own Abilities as Teachers | |
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| Confidence in Colleagues and the Next Generation of Teachers | |
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| "You Heal, You Help, You Love ..." | |
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| Teaching as Anger and Desperation | |
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| When Teachers Are Angry | |
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| Bureaucratic Restructuring | |
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| The More Things Change ... | |
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| The Nature of "The System" | |
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| On Homemade Protractors and the Will to Fight | |
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| Indignity at the Lack of Respect | |
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| Desperation | |
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| Considering Retirement at 26 | |
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| Moving Beyond the Anger | |
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| Postscript | |
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| Teaching as Intellectual Work | |
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| The Need for Adult Conversations | |
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| The Call to Write | |
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| Understanding Through Writing | |
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| Writing to Improve Curriculum | |
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| Puerto Rican Arts in a Social Context | |
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| Is Teaching Rational? | |
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| Obsessed by Mindful Teaching | |
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| Sustaining Community in Teaching | |
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| Teaching as Democratic Practice | |
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| The Struggle for Equal Education | |
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| Racism in Schools and Society | |
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| Teaching as Educational Justice | |
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| Letter to a New Teacher | |
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| Teaching for Democracy | |
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| A Way to Live in the World | |
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| Finding Equilibrium | |
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| Teaching as Shaping Futures | |
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| The Power of Their Words | |
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| Teachers Change Lives Forever | |
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| Teachers Change Lives Forever | |
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| Final Thoughts: What Keeps Teachers Going in Spite of Everything? | |
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| Lessons from the Work of Teachers | |
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| Rethinking Professional Development | |
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| Restructuring Schools | |
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| Developing New National Priorities for Teaching | |
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| Notes | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |