Introduction | p. 1 |
Inspiration | |
The Promise | p. 7 |
The Push | p. 13 |
Purpose | |
Why Should You Care? | p. 21 |
Sue 'Em | p. 27 |
E-Organise | p. 33 |
School | |
What Makes a Good Teacher? | p. 39 |
How to Find Great Teachers | p. 47 |
Anatomy of a Good Lesson | p. 57 |
Thriller | p. 63 |
The Principal | p. 79 |
Parenting | |
Dazed and Confused | p. 87 |
Adults vs. Parents | p. 99 |
"I Have No Idea Where He Learned That..." | p. 105 |
Parents Are like Cars | p. 107 |
Daddy's Kids | p. 115 |
Lemonade | p. 119 |
Audit Your Home! | p. 127 |
More Than They Can Handle: A Note to Your Teenager | p. 131 |
Gatekeepers | |
Teachers' Unions: The Worst Thing That Ever Happened to Education | p. 137 |
Evaluation Frustration | p. 155 |
Life-and-Death Stakes of Accountability | p. 163 |
Outdated | |
Strap Up | p. 173 |
Of, for, and by the People | p. 175 |
Closing of the Old School | p. 179 |
The Intern and the Senator | p. 189 |
Solutions | |
Leaders of the New School | p. 195 |
New Schools, Old Books | p. 199 |
Cracking the AP Myth | p. 207 |
Time Keeps on Slippin' | p. 211 |
It's Not About the Benjamins | p. 215 |
Charters, Magnets, and Tradition | p. 217 |
Vouchers Are a Real Solution | p. 221 |
We Know What Works | p. 225 |
Making a Life ù Making a Living | p. 235 |
American Federation of Teachers 2011 Connecticut Legislative Agenda | p. 241 |
We Are Capital Prep! | p. 247 |
Acknowledgments | p. 251 |
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