Educators get beat up almost daily in the press. As educators, busy in the classroom, do we have time to gather data to support what we know and see every day? Dr. DuFour has done that for us. He presents positive ways to think about the negatives attributed to our educational system and, especially, teachers. There are ample references to reinforce his statements. Only one page refers to science education. Here the author relates the lack of content knowledge of science teachers in the United States: “No other industrialized country allows its teachers to teach subjects for which they have not been highly trained.”
Chapter titles are enticing: “Educators under Attack,” “The Phony Crisis,” “The Firings Will Continue until Morale Improves,” “A Word about Teacher Unions.” These early chapters include descriptions of the successes of the American education system and critique the strategies our government is using to bring about...
University of California Press