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!

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.

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.

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.

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

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'.

Frank McCourt continues his life story in the brilliant, bestselling sequel to the million-selling 'Angela's Ashes'.

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

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

Becoming an effective teacher can be quite painful and exhausting, taking years of trial and error. In The Art of Teaching , writer and critic Jay Parini looks back over his own decades of trials, errors, and triumphs, in an intimate memoir that brims with humor, encouragement, and hard-won wisdom about the teacher's craft.

The Practice of English Language Teaching has been the reference of choice for tens of thousands of teachers of English since it was first published in 1983.

Teachers often find themselves facing a variety of classroom situations never covered in initial training. This resource helps teachers increase skills, enhance professional development and maximise classroom learning time.

Based on the author's disastrous first year of teaching, which began with no classroom management skills, this work offers advice based on what he learned on the way to becoming Teacher of the Year four years later.

A study of alternatives to traditional education of children.

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 ...

Huckleberry Finn had a tough life with his drunk father until an adventure with Tom Sawyer changed everything. But when Huck's dad returns and kidnaps him, he must escape down the Mississippi river with runaway slave, Jim. They encounter trouble at every turn, from floods and gunfights to armed bandits and the long arm of the law.

A sharp, funny and beautifully observed satire about the disturbing influence of the Christian right from one of America's most cherished authors.

This text, aimed at teachers of any discipline, should be of use as a resource for designing interest-provoking writing and critical-thinking activities for their students. The author integrates the critical-thinking movement and the writing-across-the-curriculum movement.