Restoring Honor to Public Schools
A Teacher's Vision for American Education
By (author) William E. Smith Foreword by Gerald Bracey
Publication date:
16 January 2009Length of book:
264 pagesPublisher
R&L EducationDimensions:
233x154mm6x9"
ISBN-13: 9781578869299
In this insightful analysis of public school policy, including No Child Left Behind, William E. Smith offers a unique perspective—he has taught at the elementary, middle, and high school levels; served in several administrative roles, including principal of an impoverished, rural K-5 school and a K-12 laboratory school; and been a teacher educator and educational scholar, before returning to the classroom. In Restoring Honor to Public Schools: A Teacher's Vision for American Education, Smith draws upon thirty years of experience in varied roles to provide an insider's look at teaching and learning. With clear and uncompromising analysis, he assesses the real impact of politics and educational policymaking on our children's lives. Smith provides thoughtful and achievable recommendations for honoring teachers and teaching and restoring civility and intelligence to our nation's discourse about education.
Smith vividly demonstrates with a combination of research and personal anecdotes from thirty years in education that NCLB is having profound consequences on the entire educational system in the United States that will affect—and should concern—every citizen. This book is an in-depth conversation with an experienced, intelligent, passionate, observant, and dedicated teacher who is worried about the future of education in America. Part memoir of thirty years teaching, part analysis of the educational system, and part call to arms, Restoring Honor to Public Schools should interest, intrigue, and inform a wide variety of Americans, from parents and teachers to politicians and journalists—or anyone interested in the education of our children.