The Cage-Busting Teacher

ISBN-13: 9781612507767 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 320 str.

Hess M. Frederick

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The Cage-Busting Teacher adopts the logic of Cage-Busting Leadership and applies it to the unique challenges and opportunities of classroom teachers. Detailed, accessible, and thoroughly engaging, it uncovers the many ways in which teachers can break out of familiar constraints in order to influence school and classroom practice, education policy, and school reform. "Cage-busting is concrete, precise, andpractical," writes Frederick M. Hess. This invaluable book helps teachers understand why and how to revisit their assumptions and enables them to have greater impacts upon their schools and beyond. Based on interviews with hundreds of teachers, teacher advocates, union leaders, and others, Hess identifies the challenges teachers face, seeks concrete and workable solutions, and offers recommendations to put those solutions in place. A uniquely practical and inspiring book, The Cage-Busting Teacher is for educators who want to shape the schools and systems in which they work.

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CONTENTS

Preface xiii

1. The Classroom Cage 1

2. Choose to Be a Problem Solver 35

3. Managing Up 59

4. Millions of Registered Voters—and Their Kids 87

5. Tackling Everyday Problems 111

6. The Union Question 139

7. Square Pegs and Round Holes 167

8. You Are Braver Than You Believe 191
    

APPENDIX A 
Cage-Busting for Beginners 215

APPENDIX B
Glossary of Terms 237

APPENDIX C
Teacher Voice Organizations 241

APPENDIX D
Fellowships and Leadership Opportunities 247

APPENDIX E
Resources for Rethinking the Profession 253

APPENDIX F
AFT and NEA Initiatives 257

APPENDIX G
Questions for Further Thought and Exploration 261

Notes 273
Acknowledgments 283
About the Author 285
Index 287