As Bad as They Say? Three Decades of Teaching in the Bronx

Autor/in	Mayer, Janet Grossbach
Titel	As Bad as They Say? Three Decades of Teaching in the Bronx
Quelle	(2011), (192 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	0-8232-3416-9
Schlagwörter	Federal Legislation; Democracy; School Buildings; Public Education; Secondary School Teachers; High School Students; Disadvantaged Schools; Stereotypes; Academic Achievement; Educational Environment; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bundesrecht; Demokratie; School building; Schulgebäude; Öffentliche Erziehung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Klischee; Schulleistung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt
Abstract	Rundown, vermin-infested buildings. Rigid, slow-to-react bureaucratic systems. Children from broken homes and declining communities. How can a teacher succeed? How does a student not only survive but also come to thrive? It can happen, and "As Bad as They Say?" tells the heroic stories of Janet Mayer's students during her 33-year tenure as a Bronx high school teacher. In 1995, Janet Mayer's students began a pen-pal exchange with South African teenagers who, under apartheid, had been denied an education; almost uniformly, the South Africans asked, Is the Bronx as bad as they say? This dedicated teacher promised those students and all future ones that she would write a book to help change the stereotypical image of Bronx students and show that, in spite of overwhelming obstacles, they are outstanding young people, capable of the highest achievements.She walks the reader through the decrepit school building, describing in graphic detail the deplorable physical conditions that students and faculty navigate daily. Then, in eight chapters we meet eight amazing young people, a small sample of the more than 14,000 students the writer has felt honored to teach.She describes her own Bronx roots and the powerful influences that made her such a determined teacher. Finally, the veteran teacher sounds the alarm to stop the corruption and degradation of public education in the guise of what are euphemistically labeled reforms (No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top). She also expresses optimism that public education and our democracy can still be saved, urgently calling on all to become involved and help save our schools. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10