The Great Expectations School: A Rookie Year in the New Blackboard Jungle by Daniel J. Brown, Randi Weingarten (Foreword by)
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- Pub. Date: October 2008
- 292pp
- Sales Rank: 211,346
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: October 2008
- Publisher: Arcade Publishing
- Format: Paperback, 292pp
- Sales Rank: 211,346
- ISBN-13: 9781559708852
- ISBN: 1559708859
Synopsis
At twenty-two, Dan Brown was an idealistic first-year elementary teacher at P.S. 85 in the Bronx. He was even assigned a class of his own: 4-217. What he wasn't told was that 4-217 was the dumping ground for all fourth-grade problem cases, and his students would be more challenging than he ever anticipated. Dedicated and passionate but facing volatile children struggling parents, and a failing administration, Dan was pushed to the limit time and again. Yet in this seeming chaos, he discovered an unexpected well of inspiration to discipline, teach, and make a difference. The Great Expectations School is the touching journey of Class 4-217 and their teacher, Mr. Brown. But more than that, it is the revealing story of a broken educational system and all those struggling within and fighting against it.
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