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Success stories from a failing school : teachers living under the shadow of NCLB / by Marilyn Johnston-Parsons ... [and others] ; with Christy Doty ... [and others].
Van Pelt Library LB2806.22 .S823 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational accountability--United States.
- Educational accountability.
- United States.
- Education--Standards--United States.
- Education.
- Education--Standards.
- United States. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 171 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Charlotte, N.C. : Information Age Pub., [2007]
- Summary:
- This book tells stories of life in a "failing" school. These are insider stories of the daily lives of children and educators in an urban school during a time when accountability weighs heavy on both teachers and students. Most educators are in favor of accountability. The kind and amount of testing associated with the current accountability movement, however, influence teachers' and students' lives in a way not often apparent to parents and politicians.
- Contents:
- About this book / Marilyn Johnston-Parsons
- Welcome to Park Street Elementary School / Melanie McCaulsky
- From the desk of the professional development facilitator and a first/second-grade teacher / Melissa Wilson
- A recess story : principal's meeting / Barbara Mounts
- From the desk of the special education teacher / Marilyn Karl
- A recess story : juggling goals and requirements with children's needs / Steve Schack
- From the desk of the kindergarten teacher / Melanie McCualsky
- A recess story : Friday closing circle / Teresa Stonerock
- A recess poem : torn in two directions / Melissa Wilson and Gerri McManamon
- From the desk of a first-year kindergarten teacher / Jeff Bernardi
- A recess story : Andrew & Brian / Melissa Wilson
- Living in the land of a scripted reading program / Marilyn Johnston-Parsons ... [et al.]
- A recess story : testing pressures / Steve Schack
- A recess story : No Child Left Behind : behind where? / Barbara Mounts
- From the desk of the first-grade teacher / Elizabeth Lloyd
- A recess story : Mrs. Mabrey / Steve Schack
- From the desk of the third-grade teacher / Gerrie McManamon
- A recess story : the goldfish / Teresa Stonerock
- From the desk of first year third-grade teacher / Andrew Nash
- A recess story : Jacob / Barbara Mounts
- From the desk of a fourth-grade teacher / Steve Schack
- Recess poems : poems after a field trip / Teresa Stonerock
- From the desk of the school counselor / Martha Bowling
- A recess story : I love gym / Barbara Mounts
- From the desk of the fifth-grade teacher / Robert Owens
- Epilogue / Marilyn Karl.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-167).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781593117771
- 1593117779
- 9781593117788
- 1593117787
- OCLC:
- 144768068
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