"This big-shouldered book, full of ardor...offers us a reasonable hope that with attention and care we can again make public education what it was meant to be, and must yet be."--The Los Angeles Times.
"This big-shouldered book, full of ardor...offers us a reasonable hope that with attention and care we can again make public education what it was mea...
The award-winning account of how America's educational system fails it students and what can be done about it Remedial, illiterate, intellectually deficient--these are the stigmas that define America's educationally underprepared. Having grown up poor and been labeled this way, nationally acclaimed educator and author Mike Rose takes us into classrooms and communities to reveal what really lies behind the labels and test scores. With rich detail, Rose demonstrates innovative methods to initiate "problem" students into the world of language, literature, and written expression. This...
The award-winning account of how America's educational system fails it students and what can be done about it Remedial, illiterate, intelle...
The 28 essays reprinted here are arranged in four sections that offer theoretical, historical, educational, and community perspectives on the whole topic of literacy. In addition to their substantial introduction, the editors provide an exhaustive bibliography based on the citations to the essays.
Kintgen, Kroll, and Rose see literacy as an extremely complex area of inquiry in which all aspects are interrelated, and they hope to avoid creating or perpetuating false boundaries within the field.
The book s first section contains articles dealing with various psychological and economic...
The 28 essays reprinted here are arranged in four sections that offer theoretical, historical, educational, and community perspectives on the whole...
Writer s block is more than a mere matter of discomfort and missed deadlines; sustained experiences of writer s block may influence academic success and career choices. Writers in the business world, professional writers, and students all have known this most common and least studied problem with the composing process. Mike Rose, however, sees it as a limitable problem that can be precisely analyzed and remedied through instruction and tutorial programs.
Rose defines writer s block as an inability to begin or continue writing for reasons other than a lack of skill or commitment,...
Writer s block is more than a mere matter of discomfort and missed deadlines; sustained experiences of writer s block may influence academic succes...
Why School? is a little book driven by big questions. What does it mean to be educated? What is intelligence? How should we think about intelligence, education, and opportunity in an open society? Drawing on forty years of teaching and research and "a profound understanding of the opportunities, both intellectual and economic, that come from education" (Booklist), award-winning author Mike Rose reflects on these and other questions related to public schooling in America. He answers them in beautifully written chapters that are both rich in detail and informed by an extensive knowledge...
Why School? is a little book driven by big questions. What does it mean to be educated? What is intelligence? How should we think about intelli...
The war with Germany had been over for two months. Still, more than 371,000 German soldiers were being held in prisoner of war camps in the United States. Some would not make it home for two years. A few would not make it home at all. Nine German soldiers lie in graves in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were the tragic victims of a U.S. Army Private, for reasons known only to himself, who climbed onto a guard tower and opened fire with a .30 caliber machine gun into the German prisoners of war sleeping below. Nine captives were killed, twenty more were wounded. The "Salina, Utah, Massacre" is the...
The war with Germany had been over for two months. Still, more than 371,000 German soldiers were being held in prisoner of war camps in the United Sta...
There is no more meaningful celebration in Jewish life than that of Passover.It is deeply rooted in Jewish history and an essential part of Jewish identity. But Passover is also as wide as it is deep, because Jewish communities around the world have added their own particular flavors by elaborating upon already existing traditions or even contributing their own.A brief tour of some of them can add to our appreciation of how the creativity of the Jewish people has adorned the ancient story and the time-honored traditions of the Exodus. Both the timing of the event and the Apostolic writings...
There is no more meaningful celebration in Jewish life than that of Passover.It is deeply rooted in Jewish history and an essential part of Jewish ide...
The author first came to the Canyon Country in 1963. He has returned many times. What he found was a land of incredible beauty, of mystery, of colorful characters and their many stories. "Postcards from the Canyon Country" is a collection of short stories that have been gathered over these many years; each in its own way, a "postcard" of sorts telling something about this mystical place.
The author first came to the Canyon Country in 1963. He has returned many times. What he found was a land of incredible beauty, of mystery, of colorfu...
"REBELLION" is the story of the events that led up to and include that fateful day in 1775, April 19, when handful of Patriots, passionate in their beliefs, stood up to the greatest army in the world. It is the story of brave individuals, fully committed to the cause of freedom and independence. It is the story of the birth of a new nation, the likes of which the world had never seen before.
"REBELLION" is the story of the events that led up to and include that fateful day in 1775, April 19, when handful of Patriots, passionate in their be...
