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001477544 1001_ $$aMayer, Janet Grossbach, $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
001477544 24510 $$aAs Bad as They Say? :$$bThree Decades of Teaching in the Bronx /$$cJanet Grossbach Mayer.
001477544 264_1 $$aNew York, NY : $$bFordham University Press, $$c[2011]
001477544 264_4 $$c©2011
001477544 300__ $$a1 online resource (194 p.)
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001477544 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tForeword -- $$tNobody can make it out here alone -- $$tTo the Reader -- $$tPart I: Bronx Roots -- $$t1 Introduction -- $$t2 Nobody -- $$t3 It Was the Worst of Times -- $$tPart II: Defying Expectations -- $$t4 Omara-The Orphan -- $$t5 Remarkable Ramika -- $$t6 Marion-A Rare Gem -- $$t7 A Typical American Teenager-Dominican Republic-Style -- $$t8 Tenacious Tamika -- $$t9 Multiple Intelligences: A Digression -- $$t10 Dolores-The Dancer -- $$t11 Marisa-with Charisma -- $$t12 Pedro-The Piano Player -- $$t13 Bridging the Gap -- $$tPart III: Losing Our Way -- $$t14 Deception, Dismantling, and Demise of Public Education -- $$tAppendixes -- $$tA Letter from M. Rasool -- $$tB Course of Study for Multicultural Literature -- $$tC Interest Inventory -- $$tNotes -- $$tIndex
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001477544 520__ $$aRundown, vermin-infested buildings. Rigid, slow-to-react bureaucratic systems. Children from broken homes and declining communities. How can a teacher succeed? How does a student not only survive but also come to thrive? It can happen, and As Bad as They Say? tells the heroic stories of Janet Mayer's students during her 33-year tenure as a Bronx high school teacher.In 1995, Janet Mayer's students began a pen-pal exchange with South African teenagers who, under apartheid, had been denied an education; almost uniformly, the South Africans asked, "Is the Bronx as bad as they say?" This dedicated teacher promised those students and all future ones that she would write a book to help change the stereotypical image of Bronx students and show that, in spite of overwhelming obstacles, they are outstanding young people, capable of the highest achievements.She walks the reader through the decrepit school building, describing in graphic detail the deplorable physical conditions that students and faculty navigate daily. Then, in eight chapters we meet eight amazing young people, a small sample of the more than 14,000 students the writer has felt honored to teach.She describes her own Bronx roots and the powerful influences that made her such a determined teacher. Finally, the veteran teacher sounds the alarm to stop the corruption and degradation of public education in the guise of what are euphemistically labeled "reforms" (No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top). She also expresses optimism that public education and our democracy can still be saved, urgently calling on all to become involved and help save our schools.
001477544 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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001477544 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 03. Jan 2023)
001477544 650_0 $$aEnglish teachers$$zUnited States$$vBiography.
001477544 650_0 $$aHigh school teachers$$zUnited States$$vBiography.
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001477544 650_4 $$aSociology.
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001477544 653__ $$aBronx.
001477544 653__ $$aClassroom.
001477544 653__ $$aEducation.
001477544 653__ $$aNew York.
001477544 653__ $$aNo Child Left Behind.
001477544 653__ $$aRace to the Top.
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