Inside Mrs. B.'s Classroom : Courage, Hope, and Learning on Chicago's South Side

Leslie Baldacci,«Inside Mrs. B.'s Classroom : Courage, Hope, and Learning on Chicago's South Side»
McGraw-Hill | ISBN:0071417354 | PDF | 1,81 Mb | 224 Pages | 2003 Year

Chicago's public school system in the 1980sand '90s was a stark symbol of the nation's educational crisis. Grim reflections of their poverty-stricken neighborhoods, the city's schools were saddled with severe drug problems and the inevitable violence that results. Veteran Chicago Sun-Times journalist Leslie Baldacci was an expert on the subject. She wrote regularly on the school system's woes, calling on the mayor and other city officials to save the decaying system. Then, one day, she decided to do something about it. Baldacci traded in her press pass for a teaching certificate, and never looked back.