The Two Faces of Education An Insider's View of School Reform

by Allen, Michael I.

• ISBN13: 9781578864065
• ISBN10: 1578864062
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-07
• Publisher: R&L Education

Summary

Here, Michael Allen, focuses on the personal and social issues that students bring to school each day, which impacts his/her education. This book teaches educators how to identify and protect themselves against the common pitfalls found in diverse schools where underlying philosophical and social differences can unknowingly bring 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.

Author Biography

Michael I. Allen works in Boston as an academy director and principal in a vocational school specializing in technology and as a special topics faculty instructor at the University of Massachusetts, Boston

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. v
Introduction	p. vii
When a Fifth Grader Attacks	p. 1
Pound Cake	p. 9
April Fools, 1999	p. 19
Little Bags of Cheeba	p. 27
A Boy Named Tyree	p. 33
You Just Don't Know	p. 39
N.F.eL	p. 47
3/14/00 Incident: Bomb Threat to Annex in Hyde Park	p. 53
I've Got the Power: Shawn	p. 63
Not Such a Good Boy After All	p. 69
That's Just an S Across My Forehead	p. 73
Surrogate Dad	p. 77
Just Something to Do After School	p. 85
Cry for Help	p. 89
Summer School	p. 93
I Forgot Not to Give Up	p. 97
A Story from a Friend	p. 101
Assistant DA Beaned by Bottle	p. 103
That Takes the Cake	p. 107
The Trick's on You	p. 113
Wee One	p. 117
Afterword	p. 121
A Note from a Student	p. 125
Bibliography	p. 127
About the Author	p. 131
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