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Zusatztext "Must reading for all teachers and parents" Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Kozol is award-winning author of Death at an Early Age, Savage Inequalities, Amazing Grace, and The Shame of the Nation. He has held two Guggenheim Fellowships, has twice been a fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation, and has also received fellowships from the Field and Ford Foundations. He has been working with children in inner-city schools for more than 40 years. He currently lives in Byfield, MA. Klappentext Forty years ago, 'Death at an Early Age' catapulted Jonathan Kozol to national prominence as a principled social reformer and outspoken critic of the American public school system. His relentless work and impassioned writing over the following decades have thrust him deep into controversial debates about the quality and equality reached in classrooms today. In this challenging and strongly argued work, the National Book Award-winning author offers a fervent and provocative assessment of the role of the teacher in America's schools. Writing as a teacher, Kozol advocates an approach to education that is infused with ethical values: fairness, truth, and integrity, and a driving compassion for the world beyond the classroom. Kozol not only sheds light on what it means to be a teacher, but gives constructive suggestions on how teachers can work conscientiously alongside parents and students to encourage the future "warriors of social change." Zusammenfassung Presents a critique on the role of the teacher in America's public school system. This book offers practical strategies that every reader can use for eradicating prejudices, developing young people's potential, and helping them to become warriors of social change.
