Please read if you're considering being an urban teacher

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	• Star Teachers of Children in Poverty Martin Haberman Kappa Delta Pi, 1995 - 100 pages average customer review:based on 8 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Good book, not so easy to understand.

Gave examples, but at times I thought that to become a STAR teacher, you had not only to conquer the world again, but also you have to fight the complete educational system. And yes, the system has some leaks, but also you will find understanding, passionate and caring people who you can trust. And with that you can win the battle, not by yourself but with other teachers, principals, administrative personnel. At the end the child will be the one who wins!!!

Please read if you're considering being an urban teacher

I am currently in the process of leaving New York City schools after a mere six months of bureacratic hell; I think if I had read this book, I wouldn't have taken the position.

Please take a look at this book before deciding to take the plunge. It does an extraordinary job of painting an accurate picture of what it's like--and what it means--to be a star teacher of children in poverty, and instead of appealing to theory or meaningless data, it takes real examples of teachers who are actually effective. It is the one part of my emergency certification training that really touched me.

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Excellent for All Teachers

I used this book in my college education course. I liked how it totally changed your perspective of teaching. If you want to know how to be a "star" teacher, I highly recommend reading this book!

very useful (if a little depressing)

I bought this book after struggling - with increasing sense of failure and doom - for a few months in a 100% free-lunch classroom in a very low-income area in Chicago.

It is very helpful: it tells me EXACTLY in great and very specific detail - with support from research, interviews, and anecdotes - what I need to be doing to be an effective teacher to these students.

It is also a bit depressing, because it shows me all my failures in great and specific detail, and makes no effort to make me feel ok about these failures. This is not a "you can do it" book - it is not something anyone will ever hand out at professional development, because it is not encouraging, supportive, or friendly. I suspect this is why it is out of print.

The key, though, is that while it may not be a "you can do it" book, it is an "it can be done" book.

As such, it is EXTREMELY helpful.

First, if you are a teacher and you are the type to say "well, if it can be done, I am going to figure out how, and I'm going to do it," then this is what you need.

Second, it is useful for anyone who really wants to know why most teachers fail in these settings - and what they could be doing to succeed. As far as I can tell, this is the only book available that answers these questions honestly, directly, succinctly, and based on research rather than speculation and opinion.

Third, it also functions as a wonderful vindication and defense of the intelligence and limitless potential of children in poverty, and as such, is a potentially powerful tool against bigotry and racism.

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On the mark

One of the other reviews says that Haberman has mised the mark, I think the other review has mised the mark. Haberman's book really comes down to one thing relationships. Teaching really comes down to one thing, relationships. Teaching is not about "technology". Haberman's book is a great read for anyone in or out of the classroom.

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