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Christina Asquith presents a moving first-hand account of her year teaching in one of Philadelphia’s worst schools. Told with striking humor and honesty, her story begins when the School District of Philadelphia, in desperate need of 1,500 new teachers, instituted a policy of hiring “emergency certified” instructors. Asquith, then a 25-year-old reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, joined their untrained ranks. More challenging than her classroom in the crime-infested neighborhood known as “the Badlands” are the trials she faced outside, including a corrupt principal, the politics that prevented a million-dollar grant from reaching her students, and the administration’s shocking insistence that teachers maintain the appearance of success in the face of utter defeat—even if it means falsifying test scores. Her story will inspire, educate, and entertain.From Publishers WeeklyAnswering the challenge to change a life, freelance reporter Asquith—armed with youth, enthusiasm and idealism—enters the halls of Philadelphia's Julia de Burgos Middle School to do just that. By the end of the year, while she outlasts 25% of the other emergency teachers hired to meet the shortfall of teacher

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Author

Christina Asquith [Asquith, Christina]

Publisher

Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781602391932

Category

education

Subjects

Science, Memoir, Management

Rating

3.56 / 5 (45 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14