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ISBN: 0807032743
Author: Linda Nathan
Publisher: Beacon Press; First Edition edition (October 1, 2009)
Language: English
Pages: 224
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This fascinating book takes you inside the mind of a uniquely gifted urban school leader and reveals the secrets that help .

This fascinating book takes you inside the mind of a uniquely gifted urban school leader and reveals the secrets that help her propel her disadvantaged students toward college: community, transparency, a profound understanding of adolescents, and, especially, moral courage. Reading The Hardest Questions. is like shadowing a principal for a year. Infusing hope with a critical lens of schooling, The Hardest Questions, inspires while at the same time challenges educators to reflect, rethink and perhaps redefine their understanding of the purpose of school. Certainly, this book will be added to university courses on foundations of education as well as classroom teaching.

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The purpose of The Hardest Questions Aren 't on the Test is to highlight the everyday practices of the Boston Arts Academy (BAA) as an 1 1 -year-old pilot school within the Boston Public School district. These guidelines were described as: structuring the school, supporting the teachers, and addressing inequality.

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The Boston Arts Academy comprises an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse student body, yet 94 percent of its graduates are accepted to college. Compare this with the average urban district rate of 50 percent. How do they do it? This remarkable success, writes Principal Linda Nathan, is in large part due to asking the right questions-questions all schools can consider, such as:* How and why does a school develop a shared vision of what it stands for? * What makes a great teacher, and how can a principal help good teachers improve?* Why must schools talk openly about race and achievement, and what happens when they do?With engaging honesty, Nathan gives readers a ring-side seat as faculty, parents, and the students themselves grapple with these questions, attempt to implement solutions, and evaluate the outcomes. Stories that are inspirational as well as heartbreaking reveal the missteps and failures-as well as the successes. Nathan doesn't claim to have all the answers, but seeks to share her insights on schools that matter, teachers who inspire, and students who achieve.

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Diredefender

As an educator who has worked in almost all levels of schooling this book offers insight regarding the serious issues that face education in America. Infusing hope with a critical lens of schooling, The Hardest Questions, inspires while at the same time challenges educators to reflect, rethink and perhaps redefine their understanding of the purpose of school. Certainly, this book will be added to university courses on foundations of education as well as classroom teaching. The personal narratives of teachers inside Boston Arts Academy (BAA) provide essential lessons, for current and future teachers, in classroom management and student engagement. However, I wonder is it possible for this model set forth by BAA to be reproduced on a national scale; every state or even school district needs a BAA. The question that remains is can Linda Nathan's BAA model be successfully recreated in places like Detroit, Philadelphia, or D.C. This reader certainly hopes so.

Dammy

I highly recommend this book. It is written by an administrator who has "been there" and has great advice for teachers AND administrators in schools of ALL size. It is good to be reminded in this age of NCLB that teaching the WHOLE child is important. Test scores will rise and creativity will NOT suffer if teachers are treated as more than "testers" and students are encouraged to be more than skilled "test-takers." Teacher and student empowerment is the key. Also, it is a good book to remind us that not all students have parents or backgrounds helping them toward college - that sometimes teachers and administrators have to set the stage for success and also handle the details in order to help students progress beyond high school graduation! I have read LOTS of educational books - few which I keep in my permanent library - but this one is a keeper! This has been the focus of an ongoing discussion board at [...]. Check it out.

Felhalar

I would highly recommend this book for anyone studying education, thinking about any urban or inner city educational experience, or anyone who is currently serving or who will serve in an administrative role. Basically I would highly recommend this book to anyone, I loved this book and the questions/issues that she brings to light. She causes us to think about our preconceived notions as well as how administrators and teachers need to work as a team to create the best environment for the students. Insightful and eloquent.

Fenritaur

As a teacher I am always interested in how schools manage to excite and involve students. Linda Nathan and the staff of The Boston Arts Academy (a very special Boston public school) have figured out a very successful, idiosyncratic, way to create a school which serves the needs of its students, not the needs of bureaucrats who are only fixated on the latest test scores. In my school, South Lake High School in Seattle, several teachers are reading this book to find out what lessons the Boston Arts Academy has for our small, idiosyncratic school.

Here is Linda Nathan with some of her students giving a presentation about their school:
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one life

Wow! This is an extraordinarily honest, deeply personal, and remarkably exhilarating journey into the life of a school where public education really works. With a joyous, unrelenting focus on creating a school environment that literally "leaves no child behind," Linda Nathan and her team have worked miracles at the Boston Arts Academy. A must read, not only for teachers or those considering careers in education, but for anyone who wants to feel energized and optimistic about what a great group of teachers and administrators can accomplish. Without even trying to, this book demolishes the false promise of standardized testing, and shows that by concentrating on how individual students learn, and on building a school environment dedicated to uniting teachers and students alike in a common mission, real success is possible. I've been passing this around to all my friends.

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To be truthful, I know Linda Nathan and have visited the BAA several times as I worked in the same district. Most amazing is that Linda is still there practicing what she preaches. Thoughtful theory lived every day. Read page 62. As a former teacher trainer, I appreciate her comments on how to change people, and
thereby change schools. I heard the same naysayers during other reform initiatives. Ten years later, staff turnover/retirement
has started. To me this is the real test of whether the school endures. And will it sustain, endure, and growth if/when Linda
retires? Her inspiration and leadership are amazing, although the whole team is top notch. My one criticism of the book is perhaps
a reader cannot capture the genuine affection in the school's atmosphere. Perhaps not appropriate for Linda to say it but I can as an outsider. Note also, the school continues to evolve after the period discussed in the book. Even onto an international stage.
Quite remarkable. BAA proves, creative, amazing schools can exist and they can exist in large urban districts. Lots of people made it happen including colleges, corporate partners, and dedicated Board members. What the book covers, however, is the vision,mission,and teaching practices that made the school take shape and become a success.

funike

Linda Nathan has written a remarkable book. She has a keen ear for dialogue, and her vignettes make for interesting and enjoyable reading. On a deeper level, she does ask the tough questions like how to deal with the achievement gap that exists even in schools like the Boston Arts Academy. And on an even deeper level, the book inspires even those of us who teach graduate students to try to do more and to try to do things differently.

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