Every Child Left Behind: Public Ignorance is the School Administration's Best Friend

By Abe Feinberg

Over a period of five years the author was subjected to an alarming series of injustices at the hands of the school administration, the board of education, and the Superior Court of Alameda County. The story graphically describes an entrenched school administration's senseless attempts to destroy a teacher who refused on principle to knuckle under at the expense of his students.All this happened when he began an individualized teaching process, which was met with resistance by the principal. The more successful he became, the more the district fought it. When he spoke out for educational improvements and wrote a newspaper column espousing the importance of upgrading teaching, the ship hit the sand.But changing teaching methods was only a part of what was to come. Soon the town was in the middle of gross mismanagement , embezzling, the misuse of hundreds of thousands of dollars of school district funds, and a school board trying to cover it up.There is more than ample documentation, including letters, news stories, sworn affidavits, and most damning of all, the trial transcript. The board and the administration broke state law with impunity in their mindless vendetta to fire this teacher---the students be damned.To attest to the widespread mismanagement in school districts, the author has included accounts of school problems nationally, and a well documented account of the distressed Oakland, California schools, and the mis-education that continues to occur in Oakland. With news accounts appearing daily, weekly, and monthly, this story was the biggest 5-year story in the Livermore valley.And, more important especially for teachers and future teachers, the author systematically details individualized teaching---working with all his students individually. Attesting to the outstanding results this method produced is the principal's letter on p. 317. With education on the firing line today and intensity growing, this is a must read for people who want to see teaching improvements in their school districts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1495350967
• ISBN13: 9781495350962
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"