num_pages: 288
description: Traces the author's turbulent first year working as a teacher of disadvantaged students in the Bronx, describing his difficulties with such challenges as unruly students, absent parents, and a failing administration, obstacles that placed his career choice in question and revealed formidable flaws in the educational system.
language: English
title: The Great Expectations School: A Rookie Year in the New Blackboard Jungle
titlecomplete: The Great Expectations School: A Rookie Year in the New Blackboard Jungle
genres: Education, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 347
publisher: Arcade Publishing