Matthew Tully

Searching for Hope

Life at a Failing School in the Heart of America

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Produktbeschreibung

Providing insights into the challenges confronting those who seek to improve the quality of America's schools, Tully argues that school leaders and policy makers must rally communities to heartfelt engagement with their schools if the crippling social and economic threats to cities such as Indianapolis are to be averted.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780253005939
• ISBN-10: 0253005930
• Artikelnr.: 34928498

Autorenporträt

Matthew Tully

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue
1 Why are you here?
2 I never thought he would be a dandelion
3 Can you believe this?
4 We do a good job with the kids who show up
5 I hate this school
6 Go to class, Zach
7 We're not going to be average here
8 Where's the school spirit?
9 I don't like being called stupid
10 You have to crawl first
11 We're dropping out
12 I get hit all the time
13 A trend of low achievement
14 What's gonna happen, Mr. Grismore?
15 Could you imagine if we filled the house?
16 It feels like I'm a somebody
17 I used to be bad
18 I knew I didn't want that
19 There's nobody that can't do something
20 It never stops around here
21 I like to solve problems
22 I'm the kid who doesn't exist
23 Trouble follows me
24 I'm willing to run these schools
25 Now I know why I'm tall
26 In honor of our schoolmates
27 Wow, this is amazing
28 You are survivors