Only Someone who has maintained an attentive heart throughout many years in the urban educational arena could write with this degree of insight, compassion and humor about the real challenges faced by teachers, students, and parents alike...... I pick up this book whenever I feel alone in my struggle to understand what I am actually doing as an urban school teacher in an age of violent disregard for any kind of gracious interaction or sincere effort. Also, I get to laugh out loud.Mona CallanArt Teacher-22 years
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7 Minute Lecture Series - 3. The Phone Call
Mon, 12/22/2014 - 22:18 | 
Bill HoatsonLearn how Bill Hoatson discovered a simple and highly effective strategy to diffuse a potentially volatile interaction with a student. This technique led to a fundamental change in how he managed his students from that point forward.
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It used to be that you looked forward to seeing parents at a parent-teacher meeting.....Now you find yourself sitting at the wrong side of the table asking yourself two questions: Is that a microphone over there and why is it pointed at me?Professor Johnson Unhinged - Section on Teaching
7 Minute Lecture Series
