Silverstone, Michael A.

Michael Silverstone has been a full-time elementary teacher in Massachusetts since 1998. With Debbie Zacarian, he co-authored the Grade 2 chapter in "Academic Language in Diverse Classrooms: Promoting Content and Language Learning, Mathematics, Grades K-2" (Corwin). His essay recounting his discovery of the vital importance of maintaining professional autonomy while fostering relationships with students, families and colleagues in spite of all the pressures to standardize classroom practice is the closing teacher-essay in the anthology "Why We Teach Now", edited by Sonia Nieto (Teacher s Colle...