The two faces of education : an insider's view of school reform / Michael I. Allen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, Michael, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teaching--United States.

Teaching.

United States.

Teacher-student relationships--United States.

Teacher-student relationships.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

viii, 131 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006.

Summary:

Here, Michael Allen, focuses on the personal and social issues (anti-social behavior, peer pressure, sex, special education, and lack of parent involvement) that students bring to school each day, which impacts their education. In this book, the author examines how administrators and teachers can wade through the psycho/social dysfunction in order to give their students the survival skills they need to become successful. The Two faces of Education: An Insider's View of School Reform teaches educators how to identify and protect themselves against the common pitfalls found in schools with diverse student bodies where underlying philosophical and social differences can unexpectedly aggravate tensions that can be transmitted from one student, to many. Based on real-life stories, this book takes a hard and poignant, yet often humorous, look at a different side of education, presenting a fresh perspective on the challenges of school reform by remembering who educators are there to serve--the students.

Contents:

When a Fifth Grader Attacks 1

Pound Cake 9

April Fools, 1999 19

Little Bags of Cheeba 27

A Boy Named Tyree 33

You Just Don't Know 39

N.F.eL 47

3/14/00 Incident: Bomb Threat to Annex in Hyde Park 53

I've Got the Power: Shawn 63

Not Such a Good Boy After All 69

That's Just an S Across My Forehead 73

Surrogate Dad 77

Just Something to Do After School 85

Cry for Help 89

Summer School 93

I Forgot Not to Give Up 97

A Story from a Friend 101

Assistant DA Beaned by Bottle 103

That Takes the Cake 107

The Trick's on You 113

Wee One 117.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-129).

ISBN:

157886397X

1578864062

OCLC:

62281678