ASIN: B00LH3QW8I
Publisher: New Haven Independent Press
Pages: 86
A teacher pours her energy into an after-school ballet program even as she is dying from an autoimmune disease. A student wakes up at 4:30 a.m. every day to get on a public bus in search of a good education. A gay teacher comes out of the closet during a social justice lesson. A young refugee from Burundi finds her strength and rhythm in music class. These stories -- often lost in the national debate over how to fix American public schools -- can be found in this book. The stories contained in this book, first published in the New Haven Independent and culled from hundreds of stories on New Haven’s school reform experiment, offer a human look at the complex challenges facing the effort to improve our nation’s schools — and a glimpse at some small triumphs along the way.The national school reform debate has polarized the nation. Discussions about charter schools, Teach For America, and ...
