There Are No Shortcuts
$27.55
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2004
Summary
From a nationally renowned, fiercely idealistic fifth-grade teacher–a Disney National Outstanding Teacher of the Year and recipient of an Oprah Winfrey Use Your Life Award–comes this candid examination of his successes and mistakes over two decades in an inner-city classroom. FIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK.
Year after year, Rafe Esquith’s fifth-grade students excel. They read passionately, far above their grade level; tackle algebra; and stage Shakespeare so professionally that they often wo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781400030835 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1400030838 |
| Author: | Rafe Esquith |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2004 |
| Weight: | 214g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
“Esquith is a modern-day Thoreau, preaching the value of good work, honest self-reflection and the courage to go one’s own way.” –Newsday“Half-memoir, half ‘Chicken Soup for the Teacher’s Soul.’ … Esquith’s methods are not complicated, terendy, or political… . The perfect spokesman for the ‘pick yourself up by the bootstraps’ crowd.” –The New York Sun “Freethinking, demanding, encouraging.” –Kirkus Reviews“Passionate and inspiring…With anecdotes that are alternately amusing and disheartening, Esquith details the joys and frustrations of teaching and offers valuable insights to parents and teachers alike.” –Booklist
About The Author
Rafe Esquith
Rafe Esquith is an award-winning American teacher who taught at Hobart Boulevard Elementary School, in Los Angeles, California, from 1984 until 2015. He is the product of the Los Angeles public schools and a graduate of UCLA. His many honors and awards include the 1992 Disney National Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award, a Sigma Beta Delta Fellowship from Johns Hopkins University, Parents Magazine’s As You Grow Award, Oprah Winfrey’s Use Your Life Award, and an MBE from Queen Elizabeth. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Barbara Tong.
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