Push has come to shove : getting our kids the education they deserve-- even if it means picking a fight / Steve Perry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perry, Steve (School principal)

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School improvement programs--United States.

School improvement programs.

United States.

Physical Description:

xi, 252 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Crown, [2011]

Summary:

"A guide to saving America's schools"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Inspiration. The promise ; The push

Purpose. Why shoukld you care? ; Sue 'Em ; E-Organize

School. What makes a good teacher? ; How to find great teachers ; Anatomy of a good lesson ; Thriller ; The principal

Parenting. Dazed and confused ; Adults vs. parents ; "I have no idea where he learned that" ; Parents are like cars ; Daddy's kids ; Lemonade ; Audit your home! ; More than they can handle: a note to your teenager

Gatekeepers. Teachers' unions: the worst thing that ever happened to education ; Evaluation frustration ; Life-and-death stakes of accountability

Outdated. Strap up ; Of, for, and by the people ; Closing of the old school ; The intern and the senator

Solutions. Leader of the new school ; New books, old books ; Cracking the AP myth ; Time keeps on slippin' ; It's not about the Benjamins ; Charters, magnets, and tradition ; Vouchers are a real solution ; We know what works ; Making a life, making a living

American Federation of Teachers 2011

Connecticut Legislative Agenda

We are Capital Prep!

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

0307720314

9780307720313

OCLC:

699763865

Publisher Number:

99946216789