I'd Rather Teach Peace

Name: I'd Rather Teach Peace
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ISBN: 9781570757624

ISBN-10: 1570757623

ISBN-13: 9781570757624

Edition: 2002

Authors: Colman McCarthy

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In 1982 acclaimed Washington Post columnist Colman McCarthy was invited to teach a course on writing at an impoverished public school in Washington, D.C. He responded, "I'd rather teach peace." Thus began the work he has passionately pursued for the past twenty-five years????????????????????????teaching courses on nonviolence, conflict management, and peace studies, to students in a range of schools, from Georgetown University Law Center, to a juvenile prison, and various high schools in between. I'd Rather Teach Peace chronicles one semester in six of these schools, as students find themselves challenged and inspired by an unconventional course and by a man who believes that if we don't…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Orbis Books
Publication date: 6/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 140
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.418
Language: English

Colman McCarthy, a syndicated columnist for the Washington Post for nearly thirty years, is the cofounder and director of The Center for Teaching Peace. He is the author of seven previous books and editor of three. His articles have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Nation, The Progressive, The New Republic, The Atlantic, and National Catholic Reporter.