Just Gimme a Zero: Teaching from the Trenches

By Mary Jack Edwards

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0961748729
• ISBN13: 9780961748722
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Taylor Publishing Company (TX)
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A "wake-up call" for educators

As a person who has spent 35 years in education, I found Ms. Edwards book to be a straightforward, knowledgeable treatise on both the successes and the failures in education. I share her belief that money alone is not the key to better education. Let's try better administrators; real (not fake) emphasis on academics, giving teachers time to teach and an environment in which this can be done; strong parenting so students come to school motivated to learning. This book should be read by ALL educators.

P.T.A.'s need to read this bookfor a reality check

A great book. that needs to be read by every parent and politician. Realistic overview of a public school .in this day and time. What will happen in the future? We need to do something about the lack of respect for teachers and schools.Humorous approach to a serious situation.

A real teacher wrote a real book about real problems

I wish every legislator, each state's educational commissioner, each governor, each superintendent, each principal ( and Oprah) would read this book. This book tells what the real world of a teacher is and more importantly, it addresses what changes could and should be made.

Eye-popping view of public education past, present, future.

Mary Jack Edwards, a veteran teacher who has thirty-one years experience in the classroom, splits open public education, barbecues a few sacred cows and scapegoats, and dispels a mass of myths. And in doing so, she really made me stop and think. Mary Jack draws on a wealth of personal experiences as well as statistics, legislative action, and teacher input to present an eye-poping overview of teaching in the public school classroom. And hers is not the voice of complaint, but the voice of concern. Concern for the future of public education, for the students, and most of all, the teachers. Here she says what so many of us are afraid to say. I recommend this book for everyone who has ever been or will ever be associated with public education, especially in Texas.