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What I learned in school : reflections on race, child development, and school reform /

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James P. Comer began his extraordinary life's journey from his hometown of East Chicago, Indiana. While his childhood friends languished in jail or faced early deaths from alcoholism, Comer went on to become a medical doctor, child psychologist, acclaimed leader of education reform, and expert...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Comer, James P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2009]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Outstanding ideas in education.
Wiley Online Library.
Subjects:
Comer, James P.
Schulkritik.
African American children > Education.
Child development > United States.
Education > United States > Philosophy.
Education > United States.
Educators > United States > Biography.
USA.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Address at the Grawemeyer Award Ceremony
  • Washington Elementary School
  • Me, Walter, and America
  • Three Networks and a Baby
  • So You Want to Work in Schools?
  • My Work
  • To Leave No Child Behind
  • All Our Children
  • Questions for Reflection
  • Index
  • This Page Represents a Continuation of the Copyright Page
  • The Author
  • Titles in the Jossey-Bass Outstanding Ideas in Education Series
  • .
  • Introduction: what I learned in school
  • Introductory remarks at the Grawemeyer Award ceremony / David Reynolds
  • Address at the Grawemeyer Award ceremony
  • 1. Washington Elementary School (Maggie's American dream)
  • 2. Me, Walter, and America (Beyond black and white)
  • 3. Three networks and a baby (Waiting for a miracle)
  • 4. So you want to work in schools? (Maggie's American dream)
  • 5. My work (Waiting for a miracle)
  • 6. To leave no child behind (Leave no child behind)
  • All our children (Maggie's American dream)
  • Questions for reflection.