Troublemakers : lessons in freedom from young children at school / Carla Shalaby.

"In this dazzling debut, Carla Shalaby, a former elementary school teacher, explores the everyday lives of four young "troublemakers," challenging the ways we identify and understand so-called problem children. Time and again, we make seemingly endless efforts to moderate, punish, and...

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Main Author: Shalaby, Carla (Author)
Other Authors: Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara, 1944- (writer of foreword.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : The New Press, 2017.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part One. Forest school. Zora : on being out-standing
  • Lucas : on being pigeonholed
  • Part Two: The crossroads school. Sean : on being willful
  • Marcus : on being good
  • Conclusion: trouble-making in school
  • A letter to teachers: on teaching love and learning freedom
  • A note to all readers: on mushroom, mold, and mice.