Push Has Come to Shove

by PERRY, STEVE DR

• ISBN13: 9780307720320
• ISBN10: 0307720322
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2012-11-06
• Publisher: Broadway Books

Summary

and"Have you been to a school lately?and Have you sat through the six hours and forty-five minutes of excruciating tedium we send our kids to every day?and When we ask our kids, and"Whatandrs"d you do in school today?and" and they mumble, and"Nothinandrs",and" theyandrs"re telling the truth.and"andSteve Perry is like no other educator youandrs"ve ever met.and He and"gets it.and"and He understands why some parents are downright panicked about whatandrs"s going on in their kidsandrs" classrooms, and how other parents, whose kids supposedly attend the and"goodand" schools, still fear that their children are falling behind.and As Principal of one of the best performing schools in America -- one that sends 100% of its mostly minority students to four-year colleges -- Perry delights in poking the system.and Present him with a and"truthand" about how education is supposed to work and and count on it and heandrs"ll show it to be false.andDictatorial teacherandrs"s unions despise Steve Perry.and So do lazy teachers.and So do entrenched, unimaginative school boards.and So do reactionary and"curriculum guardiansand" who and as a lure to get kids reading and cling to the same old stodgy texts.andand"Thatandrs"s okay,and" say Perry.and That means heandrs"s making a difference. andIn this book, his priority is to help kids who donandrs"t have the advantage of going to his school, Capital Prep.and He wants to save your kid, and the kid next door, and the kid down the street from getting a typical third-rate American education. andIf youandrs"re a parent who has worried recently about how depressed your child seems when he dresses for school in the morningandhellip;or how little of what happens during the school day seems to sink into her brainandhellip; or how much of your childandrs"s homework is busywork, you need this book.and andIf youandrs"re a teacher who is putting your heart and soul into the job but are surrounded by colleagues who are and"phoning it in,and" you need this book. andIf youandrs"re a committed, forward-thinking principal who wants to get rid of the faculty bad apples, but are continually stymied by Mafia-style teachers-unions, you need this book.and*If youandrs"re a citizen who worries about the $1 trillion-plus GDP loss that America suffers every year because our system of education doesnandrs"t measure up, you need this book.andIn this solution-oriented manifesto, Steve Perry covers the full range of issues holding back todayandrs"s students.and He shows parents how to find great teachers (and get rid of the bad ones)andhellip;how to make readers out of kids who hate to readandhellip;how to make the school curriculum thrilling rather than sleep-inducingandhellip;how to conduct an all-important education and"home auditand"andhellip; how to and"e-organizeand" if school boards and administrators arenandrs"t getting the messageandhellip;how to build a and"school of the future,and" and much more.andThe era of third-rate education is over.and Steve Perry isnandrs"t going to let the fools and scoundrels get away with it any longer.and Push has come to shove!From the Hardcover edition.

Author Biography

STEVE PERRY is the Founder and Principal of Capital Prep Magnet School in Hartford, Connecticut, a paradigm-busting success story that has been praised by education experts across America.  He is the chief CNN contributor on issues relating to education and can be seen regularly on Anderson Cooper 360 and American Morning.  He is also the author of a bestselling self-published book Man Up!, a columnist at Essence magazine, a frequent radio and television commentator, and a sought-after speaker at colleges and education forums around the country. You can find him at www.dr-steveperry.com.