Teaching has changed.
The strategies that used to work don't always work anymore.
And most teachers are still being told to do more of the same.
This book says what many educators are already thinking-but rarely say out loud.
25 Truths About Teaching That Don't Work Anymore breaks down the everyday beliefs that no longer hold up in modern classrooms, including:
"Students can just focus if they try""Calling home will fix behavior""If I make it more fun, they'll care""More data will improve instruction""If I just try harder, it will work"Each chapter takes a hard look at what's actually happening in classrooms today-and what teachers can do instead.
This is not a book about doing more.
It's about:
simplifying your approachfocusing on what actually worksand finding a way to stay in the profession without burning outWritten by a veteran middle school teacher, this book is part of the Teaching Survival Guide series and is for educators who are:
exhausted by constant distraction and low engagementfrustrated with strategies that no longer worktrying to balance expectations with realitystill showing up, even when it's hardIf you've ever thought:
"This used to work... so why doesn't it anymore?"
You're not imagining it.
And you're not alone.