The Hope for Audacity: Recapturing Optimism and Civility in Education (Paperback)

Contents: Terri Jo Swim/Keith Howard/Il-Hee Kim: Foreword ? Barry Kanpol: Mr. President: The Time Has Come to Reskill Our Teaching Force, So Please, Please, Let’s Get Real! ? Chris Strople: Expanding the Realm ? Ben Mardell/Lisa Fiore/Marina Boni/Melissa Tonachel: The Rights of Children: Policies to Best Serve 3-, 4-, and 5-Year-Olds in Public Schools ? Terri Jo Swim: School Readiness and the Power of Documentation: Changing the Public Image to See the ≪Rich Child≫ ? Zeynep Isik-Ercan: Teachers Reclaiming Their Voices in Student Learning and Initiating Their Own Professional Growth: Suggestions for the Obama Administration ? Jane M. Leatherman/Nancy J. Bangel/Tracy L. Cox/Amber Merrill/Rebecca D. Newsome: Teacher Collaborations Provide an Opportunity to Improve Education for All Students Along the Continuum of Learning ? Il-Hee Kim: Developing Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of President Obama ? Keith Howard: Hybrid Technology Classrooms for Mathematics Instruction ? Alice H. Merz/Terri Jo Swim: The Hope for Audacity: Moving from Adversarial Contests to Respectful Alliances.