Tuesday, November 21, 2017

#97, "What Teachers Make"

"What Teachers Make"by Taylor Mali

This book is an expansion of a now-famous poem by the same author, Taylor Mali. By expansion, I mean that he takes a line or two of the poem (you can see Mali perform it live here) and talks about the circumstances in his teaching career that precipitated the concept behind it. The poem itself is galvanizing for teachers, a call-to-arms, a demand for respect and recognition of one of the most impactful and important professions on the planet. The book is just as excellent, challenging, insightful and inspiring. Teachers--good and bad--really do make a difference, and Mali does a great job of explaining some reasons why.

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