Against the Current: How One School Struggled and Succeeded with At-Risk Teens
The Urban Collaborative is an independent public middle school for at-risk teenagers, temporarily taking struggling students out of traditional schools and aiming to to teach them how to succeed in an academic environment. This book is the story of that initiative.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0435081403
ISBN13:9780435081409
Release Date:May 1997
Publisher:Heinemann Educational Books
Length:182 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"
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Inner City Education Reality
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
If you want an inside view of what it is like teaching at an inner city school, "Against the Current" will do it for you. The amazing part about this book is that the director of the program is a quadriplegic. I thought John Hockenberry's book, "No Highway" demonstrated a paraplegic with grit-The Urban Coolaborative Program director, Rob DeBlois, is an amazing individual and educator. As a 25 year middle school educator, I had a difficult time grasping the background of the middel school kids DeBlois and his staff had to deal with. If you want to learn about true poverty, Providence city schools and stellar educators, pick up "Against the Current."
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