Confessions of a Bad Teacher The Shocking Truth from the Front Lines of American Public Education

Name: Confessions of a Bad Teacher The Shocking Truth from the Front Lines of American Public Education
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ISBN: 9781402281006

ISBN-10: 1402281005

ISBN-13: 9781402281006

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Authors: John Owens

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When John Owens left a high-level publishing job in a Manhattan skyscraper to teach English at a public school in New York City's South Bronx, he thought he could do some good. To use the cliché, he felt it was time to "give back."Instead, he found an education disaster that robs students of real learning and cons parents and taxpayers into thinking that their children are being educated, when in fact, they are just bit players in a giant pageant of data and window dressing. Even worse, it demonizes the people closest to our children and their learning: their teachers. It has gotten to the point where the words "Bad Teacher" have become almost interchangeable with the word "Teacher" itself.…

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List price: $20.99
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/26/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.47" wide x 7.72" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English



Introduction


America has met the enemy-teachers



Good-Bye Too Soon


Wait! I don't want to leave these kids. And they don't want me to leave.


Voices of Teachers around the Country: James Boutin, Seattle, Washington



The Almighty Principal


Take it from a teacher: "Run! Run away! Really, I mean it!"



Meet the Teachers


Can you find the lazy do-nothings in this picture?



My Students and Me


In this class, we're all writers. Voices of Teachers around the Country: Corinne Driscoll, Syracuse, New York



The Rules


The power of positive delusion as an organizing principle.



Classroom Management


This is the "secret sauce." But what's the recipe?



What Has Four Wheels and Flies?


The life of the traveling teacher.



Not High School as You Remember It


The music department is kept in a closet. And the library…what library?



Teaching, Step by Step


How to perform choreography with a stopwatch.



Bad Moves



Never poke the principal.



Judgment Daze


How can we tell who's good and who's bad?


Voices of Teachers around the Country: Mr. "X," Southwest Florida



Cheaters' Paradise


Those who insist they aren't lying are liars.


Voices of Teachers around the Country: Mrs. Chili, New England



What I Learned


Ten things about education that nobody wants to hear these days.



What We Can Do


There is hope. Here's how to help.


Epilogue


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


About the Author