There Are No Shortcuts

图书标准信息

• 作者 Rafe Esquith 著
• 出版社 Random House US
• 出版时间 2004-05
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9781400030835
• 定价 112.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 大32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 224页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Yearafteryear,RafeEsquith’sfifth-gradestudentsexcel.Theyreadpassionately,farabovetheirgradelevel;tacklealgebra;andstageShakespearesoprofessionallythattheyoftenwowthegreatShakespearenactorhimself,SirIanMcKellen.YetEsquithteachesatanL.A.innercityschoolknownastheJungle,wherefewofhisstudentsspeakEnglishathome,andmanyarefrompoorortroubledfamilies.What’shiswinningrecipe?Adietofintensivelearningmixedwithalotofkindnessandfun.Hiskidsattendclassfrom6:30A.M.untilwellafter4:00P.M.rightthroughmostoftheirvacations.TheytakefieldtripstoEuropeandYosemite.Theyplayrockandroll.Mediocrityhasnoplaceintheirclassroom.Andtheresultsfollowthemforlife,astheygoontocollegessuchasHarvard,Princeton,andStanford.
Possessedbyafierceidealism,Esquithworksevenharderthanhisstudents.Asanoutspokenmaverickofpubliceducation(hisheroesincludeHuckFinnandAtticusFinch),headmitstosignificantmistakesandheatedfightswithadministratorsandcolleagues.Weall—teachers,parents,citizens—havemuchtolearnfromhiscandoranduncompromisingvision.

【作者简介】

RafeEsquithisbeginninghiseighteenthyearatHobartElementarySchoolinLosAngeles.HeistheproductoftheLosAngelespublicschoolsandagraduateofUCLA.Hismanyhonorsandawardsincludethe1992DisneyNationalOutstandingTeacheroftheYearAward,aSigmaBetaDeltaFellowshipfromJohnsHopkinsUniversity,ParentsMagazine’sAsYouGrowAward,OprahWinfrey’sUseYourLifeAward,andanMBEfromQueenElizabeth.HelivesinLosAngeleswithhiswife,BarbaraTong.

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