Written by a mountaineer who in 1993, after a terrifying and disastrous attempt to climb K2, drifted cold and dehydrated, into an impoverished Pakistan village in the Karakoram Mountains. It tells how moved by the inhabitants' kindness, he promised to return and build a school. It tells the story of that promise and its outcome.

This radical treatise on public education has been a best-seller for 10 years! Thirty years of award-winning teaching in New York City's public schools led John Gatto to the sad conclusion that compulsory governmental schooling does little but teach young people to follow orders as cogs in the industrial machine. In celebration of the ten-year anniversary of 'Dumbing Us Down' and to keep this ...

Argues that the ignorance and lethargy of the poor are the direct result of the whole economic, social and political domination. This book suggests that in some countries the oppressors use the system to maintain a 'culture of silence'.

Utilizes anecdotal observations that question assumptions about how children acquire knowledge and learning skills.

A third memoir from the author of the huge international bestsellers Angela's Ashes and 'Tis. In Teacher Man, Frank McCourt details his illustrious, amusing, and sometimes rather bumpy long years as an English teacher in the public high schools of New York City!

These essays, by one of America's leading black intellectuals, face squarely the problems of teachers who do not want to teach, of students who do not want to learn, of racism and sexism in the classroom, and of the gift of freedom that is, for Hooks, the teacher's most important goal.

In this diary of her first year teaching in a Chicago state school, Esme Codell opens a window into the closed world of the real-life classroom. She finds herself battling bureaucrats, gang members, inflexible administrators, angry children and her own insecurities.

The author demonstrates that there exist many human intelligences , common to all cultures - each with its own patterns of development and brain activity, and each different in kind from the others.

Cultural Conflict in the Classroom. An updated edition of the classic revolutionary analysis of the role of race in the classroom.

How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them. The inspiring story of one fiercely determined teacher and her remarkable students. Published in tandem with the major film adaptation - Freedom Writers released on the 2nd March, starring Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey and Imelda Staunton. 1395/899

How small children begin to read, write, count, and investigate the world, without being taught.. The essence of John Holts insight into learning and small children is captured in Learning All The Time. This delightful book by the influential author of How Children Fail and How Children Learn shows how children learn to read, write, and count in their everyday life at home and how adults can .

Ron Clark, the 2001 'American teacher of the year', has developed 55 rules to turn 'hopeless' students into scholars and help anyone to maximize what they take from life.

The inspirational tale of eight women who defied the confines of life in revolutionary Iran through the joy and power of literature.

Presents an account of the practical applications of Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory. This work features material on global application and on MI in the workplace, an assessment of MI practice in the conservative educational climate, evidence about brain functioning and more.

John Holt is credited with launching today's huge and still growing homeschooling movement. This book is his most direct and radical challenge to the educational status quo and a clarion to call parents to save their children from schools of all kinds. Holt advocates self-directed learning and a creative life.