Full Description
Here, Michael Allen, focuses on the personal and social issues (anti-social behavior, peer pressure, sex, special education, and lack of parent involvement) that students bring to school each day, which impacts their education. In this book, the author examines how administrators and teachers can wade through the psycho/social dysfunction in order to give their students the survival skills they need to become successful. The Two faces of Education: An Insider's View of School Reform teaches educators how to identify and protect themselves against the common pitfalls found in schools with diverse student bodies where underlying philosophical and social differences can unexpectedly aggravate tensions that can be transmitted from one student, to many. Based on real-life stories, this book takes a hard and poignant, yet often humorous, look at a different side of education, presenting a fresh perspective on the challenges of school reform by remembering who educators are there to serve—the students.
Contents
Part 1 Introduction Chapter 2 When a Fifth Grader Attacks Chapter 3 Pound Cake Chapter 4 April Fools, 1999 Chapter 5 Little Bag of Cheeba Chapter 6 A Boy Named Tyree Chapter 7 You Just Don't Know Chapter 8 N.F.eL Chapter 9 3/14/00 Incident: Bomb Threat to Annex in Hyde Park Chapter 10 I've Got the Power: Shawn Chapter 11 Not Such a Good Boy After All Chapter 12 That's Just an S Across My Forehead Chapter 13 Surrogate Dad Chapter 14 Just Something to Do After School Chapter 15 Cry for Help Chapter 16 Summer School Chapter 17 I Forgot Not to Give Up Chapter 18 A Story from a Friend Chapter 19 Assistant DA Beaned by Bottle Chapter 20 That Takes the Cake Chapter 21 The Trick's on You Chapter 22 Wee One Part 23 Afterword Part 24 A Note from a Student
