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Title: Educating Esmé
Condition: New
Subtitle: Diary of a Teacher's First Year
Author: Esmé Raji Codell
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1565129350
EAN: 9781565129351
ISBN: 9781565129351
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Biography, Children's Learning & Education
Release Date: 01/09/2009
Description: At once "a pop culture phenomenon" (Publishers Weekly) and "screamingly funny" (Booklist), Educating Esmé "should be read by anyone who's interested in the future of public education" (Boston Phoenix Literary Section). A must-read for parents, new teachers, and classroom veterans, Educating Esmé is the exuberant diary of Esmé Raji Codell’s first year teaching in a Chicago public school. Fresh-mouthed and free-spirited, the irrepressible Madame Esmé—as she prefers to be called—does the cha-cha during multiplication tables, roller-skates down the hallways, and puts on rousing performances with at-risk students in the library. Her diary opens a window into a real-life classroom from a teacher’s perspective. While battling bureaucrats, gang members, abusive parents, and her own insecurities, this gifted young woman reveals what it takes to be an exceptional teacher. Heroine to thousands of parents and educators, Esmé now shares more of her ingenious and yet down-to-earth approaches to the classroom in a supplementary guide to help new teachers hit the ground running. As relevant and iconoclastic as when it was first published, Educating Esmé is a classic, as is Madame Esmé herself.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 210mm
Item Length: 140mm
Item Width: 18mm
Item Weight: 180g
Release Year: 2009

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