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Silent No More : Voices of Courage in American Schools by Gloria Pipkin (2003, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHeinemann
ISBN-100325004714
ISBN-139780325004716
eBay Product ID (ePID)2295614
Product Key Features
Educational LevelHigh School, Elementary School
Number of Pages160 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSilent No more : Voices of Courage in American Schools
Publication Year2003
SubjectEducational Policy & Reform / General, General, Political Process / Political Advocacy, Teaching Methods & Materials / General
TypeStudy Guide
AuthorGloria Pipkin
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Education, Psychology
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceElementary/High School
LCCN2002-151787
Dewey Edition21
Grade FromKindergarten
IllustratedYes
Grade ToTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal371.14/1
Table Of ContentLeft Behind in Birmingham, S. Orel We're Here, We're Queer, Would Everyone Please Take a Seat Now So We Can Get Started? W. Ricketts The Monster in Our Schools, T. Glenn Science Means What We Say It Means; Or, My Adventures in Wonderland, J. Yatvin Confessions of a Testing Renegade, J. Hope Finding Our Voices, N. Cordova There and Back Again, P. Boring Teaching Defiantly: Who Says Bombing Villages Is Patriotic? Harvey Notes from the Trenches, G. Leonhardy Words Can Never Hurt Me, C. Lacks Portraits of Courage: Test Defiers and the Fruits of Resistance, G. Pipkin & R. Lent
SynopsisIn the current restrictive educational atmosphere of high-stakes testing and narrowed, scripted curriculum, teachers' voices are often muted by bureaucratic mandates. The narratives in this collection, first-person accounts by teachers who had much to lose both professionally and personally, resound with courage, tenacity, and hope. Their combined stories create a frightening and compelling picture of "education as usual" in America. ReLeah Cossett Lent and Gloria Pipkin are the perfect editors to prepare such a book, having told their own courageous story in the extraordinary account, At the Schoolhouse Gate . They know what is demanded of teachers each day and how the decisions made in boardrooms and legislative chambers have far-reaching, detrimental effects on those who have the least power: students. They have gathered the stories of dedicated, principled teachers whose costly stands on critical educational issues create a disturbing mosaic. This book may well change the way you view your own neighborhood school. Read about an elementary teacher interrogated at his home by a sheriff for posting flawed standardized test items online an adult education teacher who uncovered the dismissal of 522 students from Alabama schools in an attempt to raise the district's test scores a member of the National Reading Panel who filed the minority report, shuffled out of sight, which questioned the panel's so-called scientific findings. Discover distinctive, unforgettable voices, colored with hope, pride, anger, and incredulity. Be inspired by these moving and powerful testaments to the fortitude required of today's best educators. Most of all, appreciate the efforts of teachers everywhere who are fighting policies that are harmful to the children they serve and love., Appreciate the efforts of teachers everywhere who are fighting policies that are harmful to the children they serve and love.
LC Classification NumberLB2844.1.P6S57 2003
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