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false <![CDATA[Letters to a Young Teacher]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174789078m/440499.jpg 440499 4 In these affectionate letters to Francesca, a first grade teacher at an inner-city school in Boston, Jonathan Kozol vividly describes his repeated visits to her classroom while, under Francesca’s likably irreverent questioning, he also reveals his own most personal stories of the years that he has spent in public schools. Letters to a Young Teacher reignites a numberof the controversial issues Jonathan has powerfully addressed in recent years: the mania of high-stakes testing that turns many classrooms into test-prep factories where spontaneity and critical intelligence are no longer valued, the invasion of our public schools by predatory private corporations, and the inequalities of urban schools that are once again almost as segregated as they were a century ago. But most of all, these letters are rich with the happiness of teaching children, the curiosity and jubilant excitement children bring into the classroom at an early age, and their ability to overcome their insecurities when they are in the hands of an adoring and hard-working teacher. 2881841 21 8 2007 Letters to a Young Teacher total:393|5:80|4:148|3:122|2:33|1:10| 393 1434 727 71 4 1 false false Sat Aug 02 05:39:19 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 05:15:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 04:31:22 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 04:42:51 -0700 2007
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While I found the bo...more...]]> 0 0 true false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Mar 01 12:51:12 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 12:58:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 20:36:08 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 12:38:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 15:35:34 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 17:12:00 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=440499