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Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher's First Year

Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher's First Year

Codell, Esmé Raji

Paperback

Biographies GeneralGeneral Education

Publisher Price: $17.99

ISBN10: 1565129350
ISBN13: 9781565129351
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Published: Sep 1 2009
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.00 Depth: 6.90
Language: English
At once a pop culture phenomenon (Publishers Weekly) and screamingly funny (Booklist), Educating Esmé should be read by anyone who's interested in the future of public education (Boston Phoenix Literary Section).

A must-read for parents, new teachers, and classroom veterans, Educating Esmé is the exuberant diary of Esmé Raji Codell's first year teaching in a Chicago public school. Fresh-mouthed and free-spirited, the irrepressible Madame Esmé--as she prefers to be called--does the cha-cha during multiplication tables, roller-skates down the hallways, and puts on rousing performances with at-risk students in the library. Her diary opens a window into a real-life classroom from a teacher's perspective. While battling bureaucrats, gang members, abusive parents, and her own insecurities, this gifted young woman reveals what it takes to be an exceptional teacher.

Heroine to thousands of parents and educators, Esmé now shares more of her ingenious and yet down-to-earth approaches to the classroom in a supplementary guide to help new teachers hit the ground running. As relevant and iconoclastic as when it was first published, Educating Esmé is a classic, as is Madame Esmé herself.

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