CLIMBING the ROCK WALL: Surviving a Career in Public Education

This is a collection of essays written during the course of a career in public education spanning over forty years. The essays reflect the author’s optimism and frustrations with the business of schools and the impractical way schools hire, fire, and retain teachers and administrators. The author suggests new ways to examine practices and procedures in the public schools in the United States, from core curricula to discipline, even suggesting a utopian school district. Filled with anecdotes...