Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56
In a Los Angeles neighborhood plagued by guns, gangs, and drugs, there is an exceptional classroom known as Room 56. The fifth graders inside are first-generation immigrants who live in poverty and speak English as a second language. They also play Vivaldi, perform Shakespeare, score in the top 1 percent on standardized tests, and go on to attend Ivy League universities. Rafe Esquith is the teacher responsible for these accomplishments.
From the man whom The New York Times calls “a genius and a saint” comes a revelatory program for educating today's youth. In Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire!, Rafe Esquith reveals the techniques that have made him one of the most acclaimed educators of our time. The two mottoes in Esquith's classroom are “Be Nice, Work Hard,” and “There Are No Shortcuts.” His students voluntarily come to school at 6:30 in the morning and work until 5:00 in the afternoon. They learn to handle money responsibly, tackle algebra, and travel the country to study history. They pair Hamlet with rock and roll, and read the American classics. Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire! is a brilliant and inspiring road map for parents, teachers, and anyone who cares about the future success of our nation's children. BACKCOVER: Praise for Rafe Esquith:
“Rafe Esquith is my only hero.”
—Sir Ian McKellan
“Politicians, burbling over how to educate the underclass, would do well to stop by Rafe Esquith's fifth grade class as it mounts its annual Shakespeare play. Sound like a grind? Listen to the peals of laughter bouncing off the classroom walls.”
—Time
“Esquith is a modern-day Thoreau, preaching the value of good work, honest self-reflection, and the courage to go one's own way.”
—Newsday
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69 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: May 02, 2008 Type: User Review |
A Great Book for Teachers and Teaching Students
My name is Lydia and I read it as part of an assignment for my teaching education classes. I loved this book. Esquith makes the classroom come alive in real life and on paper and his rebuke of traditional teaching is swift and precise. His...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 08, 2008 Type: User Review |
FANTASTIC source for ideas
I picked this book up because I work with 4th-6th graders at an after school center. Regardless of if you are a teacher or not - if you work with children you MUST read this book. The tips, tricks, and ideas alone are priceless. I really admire...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 04, 2008 Type: User Review |
Teach like your hair is on fire
This book is enjoyable and very easy reading. The stories are delightful, and there are great take-away lessons for teachers. The book is geared more for elementary school teachers, but as a high school teacher, I found it useful.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 04, 2008 Type: User Review |
He Lives to Teach - I Teach to Live
Like most people who read this book, I am a teacher, and I happen to work in the same school district as Mr. Esquith, the infamous Los Angeles Unified School District. Pretty much everything Mr. Esquith says about the district's dysfunction is,...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 13, 2008 Type: User Review |
Inspirational
I absolutely love this book. It is inspirational to read about someone who is obviously so passionate about education and the importance of meeting the needs of students!
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 29, 2008 Type: User Review |
Good for teachers and parents
In the year I started second grade, Rafe Esquith started teaching. Teach Like Your Hair's On Fire contains what he has learned about teaching and why being a teacher is his calling in life.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 10, 2008 Type: User Review |
Get it from the library
This book is only for the teachers who have a lot of money to burn, and an administration that isn't standing over their shoulder. Most of us have to PROVE we are following ALL the standards, test scores CAN mean our jobs,we do want the students...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 23, 2007 Type: User Review |
Recommended Reading for Teachers Everywhere
This book by National Medal of the Arts winner Rafe Esquith will probably be a bitter pill for many school teachers to swallow. Frankly, when I finished the book, I was wondering if he does anything else in his life except being involved in...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 06, 2007 Type: User Review |
Teach
Bought this for my son, who is a teacher. Haven't heard yet how he liked it.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 16, 2007 Type: User Review |
If you are a public school teacher then you engage in state-sponsored brainwashing and should be sent to prison!
"Free education for all children in government schools". -Karl Marx, 10th plank of communism.
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