Everything you need to understand or teach Lives on the Boundary by Mike Rose (educator).
The author, Mike Rose, begins the Preface by stating that LIVES ON THE BOUNDARY is a book of hope for those in the American education system. There are language and cultural barriers and many students and graduates who cannot read and write at an acceptable level. Many of those students are labeled as remedial and relegated to special classes, regardless of why they can't read and write at an acceptable level. This is a label they carry through their many years of school and into the working world.
Many of these students just need someone to understand their problem and spend some time with them to help them overcome their problems. This is especially true of immigrants and people from economically deprived areas. These students need someone to figure out what their problem is and to devise a way to help them work through it. ... View more of the Lives on the Boundary: A Moving Account of the Struggles and Achievements of America's Educationally Unprepared Summary
Lives on the Boundary: A Moving Account of the Struggles and Achievements of America's Educationally Unprepared Lesson Plans contain 105 pages of teaching material, including:
