Faces of Learning
50 Powerful Stories of Defining Moments in Education
Published on 20. January 2011
120 pages
978-0-470-94589-6 (ISBN)
Description
Inspirational stories of engaging, real-life educationalexperiences
Everyone has a personal learning story, a time when they becameactively engaged in their own education. Maybe it was an especiallychallenging teacher, or a uniquely supportive environment, or acollaborative classroom. In Faces of Learning, bothwell-known public figures, such as Arne Duncan and Al Franken, andordinary Americans recall the moments when they truly learnedsomething.
* Includes stories from people of all different backgrounds andfrom all over the country
* The stories are grouped into categories by theme like"relevant" and "experiential" to help reveal the commoncharacteristics of what works in education
* Each chapter ends with five things you can do to improve yourown learning, that of your students, and of all Americans
Readers can visit the companion website www.facesoflearning.net toshare their own stories of educational success and find out whatelse they can do.
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Sam Chaltain (www.samchaltain.com) is a Washington DC-based writer, educator, and strategic consultant. Sam has also been a classroom teacher; the national director of the Forum for Education and Democracy, an education advocacy organization devoted to restoring the public purpose of public education; and the founding director of the Five Freedoms Project, a national program that helps K-12 principals create more democratic learning communities. He is the author and coauthor of several books, including American Schools: The Art of Creating a Democratic Learning Community.
Content
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER ONE: CHALLENGING.
1. Jenna Fournel (Alexandria, Virginia).
2. Mark Rockeymoore (Montreal, Quebec).
3. Jan Resseger (Cleveland, Ohio).
4. Gloria Ladson-Billings (Madison, Wisconsin).
5. Lore a Goodwin (Washington, DC).
6. Bruce Deitrick Price (Virginia Beach, Virginia).
7. Arne Duncan (Washington, DC).
8. Angela Valenzuela (Austin, Texas).
9. Carl Glickman (Athens, Georgia).
10. Andrew Margon (Brooklyn, New York).
Challenging: Five Things You Can Do.
CHAPTER TWO: ENGAGING.
11. Renee Moore (Cleveland, Mississippi).
12. Amy Estersohn (Chicago, Illinois).
13. Maritza Brito (Brick, New Jersey).
14. Kevin McCann (Halifax, Nova Scotia).
15. Margaret Owens (Palo Alto, California).
16. Larry Mya (Boston, Massachusetts).
17. John Goodlad (Seattle, Washington).
18. Sitembiso Ncube Maduma (San Bernardino, California).
19. Elijah Cummings (Baltimore, Maryland).
20. Jill Vialet (Oakland, California).
Engaging: Five Things You Can Do.
CHAPTER THREE: SUPPORTIVE.
21. Al Franken (Washington, DC).
22. Jenifer Fox (Austin, Texas).
23. Michelle Durange (Littlestown, Pennsylvania).
24. Zainab Ali (Los Angeles, California).
25. Susan Oliver (Waterford, Virginia).
26. Gary Cohen (Wayzata, Minnesota).
27. Chantale Soekhoe (Brooklyn, New York).
28. Emily Gasoi (Washington, DC).
29. Cassandra Carland (Keene, New Hampshire).
30. Carrie A. Rogers (Rancho Cucamonga, California).
Supportive: Five Things You Can Do.
CHAPTER FOUR RELEVANT.
31. R. Dwayne Betts (Washington, DC).
32. Robert McLaughlin (Concord, New Hampshire).
33. Deborah Meier (Hillsdale, New York).
34. Jamal Fields (Livermore, California).
35. Jenerra Williams (Boston, Massachusetts).
36. Patrick Ip (Chicago, Illinois).
37. Gerlma A. Johnson (Detroit, Michigan).
38. Anonymous.
39. Ahniwake Rose (Washington, DC).
40. James Comer (New Haven, Connecticut).
Relevant: Five Things You Can Do.
CHAPTER FIVE EXPERIENTIAL.
41. Joel Ellio (Limpopo Province, South Africa).
42. Terry Pickeral (Bellingham, Washington).
43. Elizabeth Rogers (South Portland, Maine).
44. Steve Moore (Kansas City, Missouri).
45. Jill Davidson (Providence, Rhode Island).
46. Rachel Barnes (Chatham, Massachusetts).
47. Stedman Graham (Chicago, Illinois).
48. Stephen Vick (Chicago, Illinois).
49. Liz Lerman (Baltimore, Maryland).
50. Maya Soetoro-Ng (Honolulu, Hawaii).
Experiential: Five Things You Can Do.
EPILOGUE GEORGE WOOD.
Ted Sizer (Harvard, Massachusetts).
About the Editor.
About the Campaign.
Acknowledgments.
