What Keeps Teachers Going? Book

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
1	Teaching as Evolution	9
	Lessons Learned Along the Way	10
	The Promise of Multicultural Education	16
	The Sociopolitical Context of Education	18
	Teachers Make a Difference	19
2	Teaching as Autobiography	22
	Remembering What Brought Them to Teaching	24
	Teacher Autobiographies	26
	Sidewalk School	26
	My Journey	27
	I Teach Who I Am	30
	The Power of Connection	31
	The Book Chart	32
	Postscript: A Response from the Editor	34
3	Teaching as Love	37
	Effective Teachers of Urban Students	38
	Respecting and Affirming Students' Identities	39
	Care and Respect: Beyond Hugs and Other Displays of Affection	42
	Judith Baker's Tough Problem	43
	Educational Reform and Caring	47
	My Persistent Dilemma	48
	On Teaching Metaphors and Caring	49
	Teaching as Gardening	50
	"A Fundamental Belief" in Students	51
4	Teaching as Hope and Possibility	53
	The Promise of Public Education	54
	Education Was My Way Out	56
	Faith in Their Own Abilities as Teachers	58
	Confidence in Colleagues and the Next Generation of Teachers	58
	"You Heal, You Help, You Love ..."	61
5	Teaching as Anger and Desperation	63
	When Teachers Are Angry	63
	Bureaucratic Restructuring	65
	The More Things Change ...	66
	The Nature of "The System"	69
	On Homemade Protractors and the Will to Fight	69
	Indignity at the Lack of Respect	71
	Desperation	72
	Considering Retirement at 26	73
	Moving Beyond the Anger	73
	Postscript	74
6	Teaching as Intellectual Work	76
	The Need for Adult Conversations	77
	The Call to Write	79
	Understanding Through Writing	79
	Writing to Improve Curriculum	81
	Puerto Rican Arts in a Social Context	82
	Is Teaching Rational?	86
	Obsessed by Mindful Teaching	88
	Sustaining Community in Teaching	90
7	Teaching as Democratic Practice	91
	The Struggle for Equal Education	92
	Racism in Schools and Society	94
	Teaching as Educational Justice	96
	Letter to a New Teacher	97
	Teaching for Democracy	99
	A Way to Live in the World	101
	Finding Equilibrium	105
8	Teaching as Shaping Futures	107
	The Power of Their Words	109
	Teachers Change Lives Forever	112
	Teachers Change Lives Forever	119
9	Final Thoughts: What Keeps Teachers Going in Spite of Everything?	121
	Lessons from the Work of Teachers	122
	Rethinking Professional Development	124
	Restructuring Schools	126
	Developing New National Priorities for Teaching	128
	Notes	131
	References	145
	Index	153
	About the Author	161