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This graphic memoir of teaching in urban America is a brilliant
reimagining of the classic text by Gregory Michie, Holler If You
Hear Me: The Education of a Teacher and His Students. Michie is
joined by illustrator Ryan Alexander-Tanner and 10 artists-most of
them young people of color-to bring a fresh, vibrant energy to the
original tale of struggle and hope in the classroom. First
published in 1999, the text has become one of the most enduring
teacher memoirs of our time. Using comics to tell the story, this
edition weaves back and forth, like the original, between Michie's
awakening as a young teacher and the first-person stories of his
students. Set in 1990s Chicago, but startlingly relevant today,
this powerful adaptation of a long-time educator favorite is sure
to inspire a new generation of teachers, students, and anyone who
is concerned about the future of public education.Book Features: A
comics format that draws readers in and adds to the power of
Michie's original text. Each chapter is adapted and illustrated by
a different artist, most of whom are young people of color. A new
introduction and afterword by Michie and Alexander-Tanner that
contextualize this comic edition. Students reflect on their
experiences inside and outside of school. Highlights critical,
present-day issues in K-12 schools, such as culturally relevant
curriculum, cross-cultural teaching, racial justice, and the social
contexts of teaching.
After a decade as an education professor, Greg Michie decided to
return to his teaching roots. He went back to the same Chicago
neighborhood, the same public school, the same grade level and
subject he taught in the 1990s. But much had changed-both in
schools and in the world outside them. Same As It Never Was
chronicles Michie's efforts to navigate the new realities of public
schooling while also trying to rediscover himself as a teacher.
Against a backdrop of teacher strikes and anti-testing protests,
the movement for Black lives and the deepening of anti-immigrant
sentiment, this book invites readers into an award-winning
teacher's classroom as he struggles to teach toward equity and
justice in a time where both are elusive for too many children in
our nation's schools.Book Features: A follow-up to the author's
bestseller, Holler If You Hear Me, a long-time staple in teacher
education programs. An examination of current issues, such as the
importance of teacher unions, anti-racist/culturally relevant
teaching, resistance to standardized testing, teacher evaluation,
and the political nature of teaching. A rare memoir of a professor
returning to public school teaching that will inform and inspire a
broad audience.
Written by activist educators, Worth Striking For speaks to
teachers and teachers-to-be about the drastic changes in the
landscape of public education in recent decades, and focuses on
what they need to know about the debates and complex issues of
reform affecting their lives and professions. The book identifies
the most significant shifts in education policy, including how
policy has helped or hindered the broader educational purposes of
schools. Using the 2012 Chicago teachers strike as a framing
device, the authors demonstrate how each of the policy areas
addressed is critically important to teachers' lives and work. Each
chapter describes one of the Chicago teachers' demands, and then
explores a related policy arena through the lens of an associated
philosophical purpose of education. The text features individually
authored vignettes that juxtapose the authors' personal experiences
with the issues, bringing policy and policy activism to life. This
hopeful book will inspire and empower teachers to take action in
their schools, communities, districts, and states.
Written by activist educators, Worth Striking For speaks to
teachers and teachers-to-be about the drastic changes in the
landscape of public education in recent decades, and focuses on
what they need to know about the debates and complex issues of
reform affecting their lives and professions. The book identifies
the most significant shifts in education policy, including how
policy has helped or hindered the broader educational purposes of
schools. Using the 2012 Chicago teachers strike as a framing
device, the authors demonstrate how each of the policy areas
addressed is critically important to teachers' lives and work. Each
chapter describes one of the Chicago teachers' demands, and then
explores a related policy arena through the lens of an associated
philosophical purpose of education. The text features individually
authored vignettes that juxtapose the authors' personal experiences
with the issues, bringing policy and policy activism to life. This
hopeful book will inspire and empower teachers to take action in
their schools, communities, districts, and states.
Gregory Michie's first bestseller, Holler If You Hear Me, put him
on the map as a courageous and passionate voice in urban education.
In his new book, Michie turns his attention to young teachers of
colour, and once again provides readers with a unique and
penetrating look inside school classrooms. Featuring portraits of
five young teachers (two African Americans, two Latinas, and one
Asian American) who are 'working for change', Michie weaves the
teachers' powerful voices with classroom vignettes and his own
experiences. Along the way, he examines what motivates and sustains
these teachers, as well as what they see as the challenges and
possibilities of public education.
After a decade as an education professor, Greg Michie decided to
return to his teaching roots. He went back to the same Chicago
neighborhood, the same public school, the same grade level and
subject he taught in the 1990s. But much had changed-both in
schools and in the world outside them. Same As It Never Was
chronicles Michie's efforts to navigate the new realities of public
schooling while also trying to rediscover himself as a teacher.
Against a backdrop of teacher strikes and anti-testing protests,
the movement for Black lives and the deepening of anti-immigrant
sentiment, this book invites readers into an award-winning
teacher's classroom as he struggles to teach toward equity and
justice in a time where both are elusive for too many children in
our nation's schools.Book Features: A follow-up to the author's
bestseller, Holler If You Hear Me, a long-time staple in teacher
education programs. An examination of current issues, such as the
importance of teacher unions, anti-racist/culturally relevant
teaching, resistance to standardized testing, teacher evaluation,
and the political nature of teaching. A rare memoir of a professor
returning to public school teaching that will inform and inspire a
broad audience.
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