Edu 11. This one book has changed my views on Education in America, and on Christianity.

POSSIBLE LIVES, THE PROMISE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AMERICA. BY MIKE ROSE - RELEASE DATE: SEPT. 14, 1995

[Some of the other books in this series seem to be from the point of view of "armchair educators", (the administrators), and armchair politicians who are at war with their contrasting theories. This book is full of (very moving), testimonies from dedicated caring teachers, and their very appreciative students.]

For four years Mike Rose, director of the UCLA Writing Program, visited classrooms from rural Montana to New York City. At a time when faith in public education was at its nadir, Rose finds redeeming attributes in America's greatest democratic experiment.

The book's findings are a testament to the resilience, boldness, and inventiveness of our nation's educators. Whether on Chicago's South Side or in Kentucky's coal country, those teachers who are in the forefront of meaningful education share a deep respect for their students (both as individuals and as members of distinct communities and cultures), and a determination not to be bound by the bureaucracy of traditional pedagogy, which departmentalizes knowledge and divides students by age rather than ability.

We have two chapters from the Mike Rose book, “Possible Lives”:

"Berea and Wheelwright"; Berea is a Christian college specialized in education.

"Possible Lives." both of which are outstanding:

Both Berea and Wheelwright are in Eastern Kentucky. Wheelwright is a boarded up coal town. The book gives great insight into the Appalachian Outback.

I will post screen shot notes from a small class in Berea given by Janet Fortune, on teacher's education; all male students, which is very unusual.

sense of what it feels like to engage language fully.

[Please read this chapter for many moving experiences.]

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