Possible Lives: The Promise Of Public Education In America

By: Mike Rose

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Synopsis: Educator Mike Rose spent four years journeying through America's public school classrooms. What he found -- enthusiastic, imaginative teachers; dedicated administrators; schools succeeding despite the odds to educate students and help create a responsible citizenry for the future -- belies the bad news and negative images about the state of our schools so pervasive in the media.
Rose re-creates the classrooms he visited and the remarkable, often heroic people he met there, illuminating the qualities, attitudes, and public policies that make for great schools. He shows us how teachers work, how children learn, and what schools can do for their neighborhoods. He offers new hope that by bringing out the best in public education, we can revitalize ourselves as a nation.