Why We Teach Now by Sonia Nieto HARDBACK 9780807756249

Teachers' College Press

Why We Teach NowAuthor(s): Sonia Nieto\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Teachers' College Press, United States\nImprint: Teachers' College Press\nISBN-13: 9780807756249, 978-0807756249\nSynopsis\nWhy We Teach Now dares to challenge current notions of what it means to be a highly qualified teacher la No Child Left Behind, and demonstrates the depth of commitment and care teachers bring to their work with students, families, and communities. This sequel to Nietos popular book, Why We Teach, features powerful stories of classroom teachers from across the country as they give witness to their hopes and struggles to teach our nations children. Why We Teach Now offers us the voices of teachers like 42-year veteran Mary Ginley, who wonders, Why would anyone with any brains and imagination ever want to be a teacher? Who then answers her own question affirmatively, Its because somehow, even today, even with all the insanity, all the rules, all the poorly designed textbooks, all the directives t.