Speaking of fourth grade : what listening to kids tells us about school in America / Inda Schaenen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schaenen, Inda, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fourth grade (Education)--Missouri.

Fourth grade (Education).

School children--Missouri--Interviews.

School children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : New Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Fourth grade is ground zero in the fierce debates about education reform in America. It's when kids (well, some of them) make the shift from ?learning to read" to ?reading to learn," and tomes have been written about the fourth-grade year by educators, administrators, philosophers, and pundits. Now, in a fascinating and groundbreaking book, Inda Schaenen adds the voices of actual fourth-grade kids to the conversation.Schaenen, a journalist turned educator, spent a year traveling across the state of Missouri, the geographical and spiritual center of the country, visiting fourth-grader

Contents:

introduction; 1 Why Do Kids Go to School?; 2 What Makes a Good Teacher?; 3 Crashing The A.R. Party; 4 Steming: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math; 5 Accounting for High-stakes Tests; 6 On Being with Other Kids All Day; 7 The Good Student; 8 Balance and Growth In Schools; Acknowledgments; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781595589811

1595589813

OCLC:

879945899