"Going by the Book adds to the important literature of teaching narratives. Using her own experiences to support and empower educators who want to reform schools, Jane Isenberg is a teacher's teacher."

"A painful and joyful reflection on one teacher's career and the role played by teacher narratives in keeping her sane and centered. Jane Isenberg has written a highly readable and scrupulously honest book that will appeal to teachers at every level who care passionately, as she does, about teaching and learning and issues of social justice."

Going by the Book will be particularly valuable for new teachers, I expect, and as such could play an important role in teacher education, but even those of us who've been at it for awhile can gain new insights and renewed enthusiasm from Jane Isenberg's story.