City Kids, City Teachers: Reports from the Front Row

By Patricia Ford

Book Overview

A myth affecting many urban schools is the belief that African American, Latino and immigrant children are nothing but trouble. This study offers a new look at urban schools by examining the city, the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565840518
• ISBN13: 9781565840515
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 345 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Teaching in the '90's by:Deanna Shankles

I am a student at Macon State College. I had to read the book "City Kids, City Teachers" for my education class. I, being an early childhood development major found this book very interesting and enlightening. It gives people a look at very different children from all different kinds of backgrounds and gives you insight into their lives and personal struggles. It also gives very good advice to teachers on how to handle different situations. I recommend this book to anyone considering becoming a teacher.

Excellent!

First of all, I am a college student majoring in education and read this book for one of my classes. Personally, I thought that the book was excellent. It was packed with good, feasible suggestions on how to not only teach children from different backgrounds but how to learn from them also. It stated plainly that we all need to take into account and draw from their experiences and see them as "children of value" rather than "children at risk." I highly recommend this book for any teacher.