Reviews for A Reason to Teach: Creating Classrooms of Dignity and Hope: The Power of the Democratic Way

The average rating for A Reason to Teach: Creating Classrooms of Dignity and Hope: The Power of the Democratic Way based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-01-31 00:00:00 Michel Veillette I am actually cited in this book so I have to give it a 5!=) Honestly, though...James Beane has a great understanding on how to teach children, especially urban youth. He and his wife, Barb Brodhagen, have been asked to present around the world. Some governments, including New Zealand, have invited them to come and explain this way of teaching. They are both amazing and I am very fortunate to have learned from them.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-11-23 00:00:00 Courtney Walters I read this book as a junior in college. I think it may have saved my GPA. This book is a super-effective commentary on the way kids approach school, and how broken it is. Many of us are just going through the motions, learning how to do well in school, instead of actually learning. I saw a lot of myself in the provided anecdotes. I saw a lot of myself in the hypothetical descriptions of children in the school system, too. I was definitely playing the Game of School. Recognizing this helped to facilitate a change in my approach to school, and I'm already seeing the benefits of that several months later. I feel like I'm actually learning, and that I want to learn. I think my favorite thing about this book is that it actually suggests solutions to the problems it presents. Not every book can pull that off. It makes the message that much easier to digest, too.