A Future In Peril: American Education Today: RIP Jaime Escalante (December 31, 1930

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

RIP Jaime Escalante (December 31, 1930 - March 30, 2010)

The man who inspired the 1988 film Stand and Deliver passed away earlier tonight at the age of 79. Thank you for giving me ganas, Mr. Escalante. The education world will miss you.

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Books That Have Shaped My Educational Philosophy

A Framework for Understanding Poverty by Ruby Payne
A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League by Ron Suskind
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Ain't No Makin' It: Aspirations And Attainment In A Low-Income Neighborhood by Jay MacLeod
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen
Literacies of Power by Donaldo Macedo
Lives on the Boundary: A Moving Account of the Struggles and Achievements of America's Educational Underclass by Mike Rose
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
Stones Into Schools by Greg Mortenson
Teachers As Cultural Workers: Letters to Those Who Dare Teach by Paulo Freire
Teaching With Love And Logic: Taking Control Of The Classroom by Jim Fay and David Funk
The Shame of the Nation by Jonathan Kozol
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
Tongue-Tied: The Lives of Multilingual Children in Public Education by Otto Santa Ana
White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son by Tim Wise

A Future In Peril: American Education Today

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

RIP Jaime Escalante (December 31, 1930 - March 30, 2010)

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