The Big Picture: Education Is Everyone's Business
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (728 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0871209713 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 230 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Designed to re-energize educators and inspire teachers, this moving account of what is possible in education draws examples from a diverse high school in Providence, Rhode Island, with the highest rates of attendance and college acceptance in the state.
"Five Stars" according to Daniel Potts. Great book!. G. Smith said Inspired. This book is truly an inspiration for me, as a future teacher. The points the author hits coincide with what I believe to be the purpose of education. Although the message is somewhat idealistic, I believe that to be a quality in order for teachers to motivate the change they wish to see in their students :). The Need for Change Dennis Littky's, The Big Picture is a portrait of how school should look-at least to Littky. The book is a brief description of Littky's work as cofounder of New Hampshire's Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center, "The Met," and its many successes as an alternative to traditional schooling. But there is much more to it. The Big Picture is al