Taught by America
A Story of Struggle and Hope in Compton
Written by Sarah Sentilles
Format: Trade Paperback, 216 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2006
Price: $16.00
After graduating from Yale University, Sarah Sentilles joined Teach for America and was assigned to a rundown elementary school in Compton, California. Through moving portraits of inspiring children, Sentilles relates a heartbreaking journey, as she learns about a failing school system, the true meaning of poverty in America, and the strength...
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Failing Our Kids
How We Are Ruining Our Public Schools
Written by Charles Ungerleider
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: March 16, 2004
Price: $16.95
Our public schools are in danger of collapse, and if they do, we will all pay the price
Healthy public schools are essential for a healthy economy and creating informed citizens. But we are neglecting our schools in a perversely malicious way: making impossible demands on them, strangling them financially, creating trivial...
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