Reading, Writing, and Rising Up
Subtitle: Teaching About Social Justice and the Power of the Written Word
Publisher: Rethinking Schools Ltd; Rethinking Schools
Published: October 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780942961256
Subjects: Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts; Study and teaching (Secondary); Social aspects; Education / Teaching; United States; Sociology; Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading; Teaching Methods & Materials - Classroom Planning; Reading (Secondary); Literature; Social justice
First sentence: One winter break I read a book on teaching that left me feeling desolate because the writer's vision of a joyful, productive classroom did not match the chaos I faced daily in my high school.