Teacher with a Heart: Reflections on Leonard Covello and Community

by Vito Perrone

Vito Perrone invites you on an inspirational journey into Leonard Covello's classic memoir, The Heart Is the Teacher (1958). Covello's autobiographical book is one of education's important histories, and Perrone's text reestablishes a crucial connection to that history. During his 45 years as a teacher and principal in the New York City Public Schools, Covello and a group of dedicated teachers, parents, and students created one of the first urban...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807737771
• ISBN13: 9780807737774
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Use Your Heart

The positive interaction between student and teacher begins with a caring spirit on the part of the educator. Vito Perrone inspires the reader with reflections by Covello who stresses the importance of community in any educational system. If you have the heart, you are well on your way to inspiring excellence in your students. This book gives some good illustrations that will tug at your own heart and give you much food for thought.