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Thoughts of an Urban Teacher: What do you do when students' say " I Think I Am Worthless", "Shut the Fu.. Up", I Am Afraid of Donald Trump", I Didn't Eat Last Night", "Fu..ing Ba

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R. Grant writes a powerful realization of the why and how of the Urban teacher. His mastery and lifetime dedication to inner-city education identifies the social impact and struggle the urban teacher faces. In a world where the unfair distribution of academic resources plaguing young learners and traps both teacher and student as victims of a post-modern Jim Crow. Mark Campbell Academic Manager BRINDELL INSTITUTE Former New York Jet, NFL professional athlete Reginald "Reggie" Grant talks about the realities of today in urban classrooms. Since 2002 he has been in the classroom and in this book he will make you laugh, cry and think about our changing educational system. When he tells the stories of a few of his students who have said to him " I think I am Worthless and should commit suicide" "Shut the Fu.. Up" "I Am Afraid of Donald Trump! " " I Didn't Eat Last Night" "Fucking Bald Headed Mother Fu...er" "I Want to Be an Engineer" ....................... "We should assassinate Obama..." Read his reactions and insights. Table of Contents IntroductionThoughts of an Urban Teacher Chapter 1 Reaching the Next Generation: One World Culture Chapter 2Why I Teach and Charter Schools Chapter 3Stories from the classroom Charter 4Charter Schools vs Public Schools: Which serves Urban Communities better? Chapter 5Understanding Poverty in its Social Context Framework Chapter 6 Cultural Learning Chapter 7 African American Language "Ebonics", Racism, and Urban American English Chapter 8The Effect of Educational Policies on Education in America Chapter 9Intuitional Racism vs.Racism, (ESSA, NCLB & Common Core) Chapter 10Why Students Learn and Strategies for Success Chapter 11More stories from Me.
About the Author: Reginald Grant, MSEd is an author, speaker, and educator. Considered by many as a leading expert on urban education and teaching African American Males. He is the host of the Radio Blog " A Family of Authors" A show featuring frank conversations with a wide range of authors, every week from Los Angeles, California. Reginald's new release is "Success Stories Insights by African American Men"(2016) featuring personal, cross-generational stories from 19 African American Men and research-based information for reaching and teaching African American Children. There is also a complimentary Workbook for "Success Stories Insights by African American Men"(2016) which is designed to help students read, develop critical thinking skills, pre-writing organizational skills and essay development. He is also the author of "A Case for Bilingual Education" (2015) and "A Teacher's View. Education in America"( 2014). A former NFL player with the New York Jets, he was also a business professional prior to entering education. He has written numerous teaching tools, developed curriculum and published a cross section of articles.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781541080232
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 128
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: What do you do when students' say " I Think I Am Worthless", "Shut the Fu.. Up", I Am Afraid of Donald Trump", I Didn't Eat Last Night", "Fu..ing Ba
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1541080238
  • Publisher Date: 21 Jan 2017
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 7 mm
  • Weight: 181 gr


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