About this Book

Features: -Some of Featherstone's best-known essays from "The New Republic and his celebrated letter to "Josie, " a young woman entering teaching today.-Ideas that link classroom practice to a social and historical perspective--a one-volume educational foundations course.-Portraits of outstanding K-12 teachers and detailed descriptions of their classroom practices.-Issues beyond the classroom, such as changing definitions of childhood and essential connections between school reform and broader political change.-A critique of the direction of contemporary educational policy.