

Letters to a Young Teacher
Author: Jonathan Kozol
Narrator: David Drummond
Unabridged: 5 hr 37 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 10/15/2007
Categories: Nonfiction, Education, Schools
Synopsis
Letters to a Young Teacher reignites a number of the controversial issues that Kozol has powerfully addressed in recent years: the mania of high-stakes testing that turns many classrooms into test-prep factories where spontaneity and critical intelligence are no longer valued, the invasion of our public schools by predatory private corporations, and the inequalities of urban schools that are once again almost as segregated as they were a century ago.
But most of all, these letters are rich with the happiness of teaching children, the curiosity and jubilant excitement children bring into the classroom at an early age, and their ability to overcome their insecurities when they are in the hands of an adoring and hard-working teacher.