by Susan Ohanian
paperback, New Prague Middle School, 195 pages
This was a very read-able book! As she shares stories from her experience teaching remedial reading and writing in New York, Ohanian points out the frustrations of trying to make kids who are severly below grade level reach "high academic standards." Sometimes she is radical and anti-establishment to an extreme, but it's easy to see where her frustrations are coming from. The kids she works with need something different than the same-old style of education. She is very willing to teach differently and think differently about kids and their educational needs. I enjoyed this book, but wished that she offered more in the way of "here's what works" ideas. (Though she sensibly points out that there is no silver bullet that will help all kids.)
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