Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56 | Rafe Esquith

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	Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56 Rafe Esquith Viking Adult, 2007 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 69 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

From one of America?s most celebrated educators, an inspiring guide to transforming every child?s education

In a Los Angeles neighborhood plagued by guns, gangs, and drugs, there is an exceptional classroom known as Room 56. The fifth graders inside are first-generation immigrants who live in poverty and speak English as a second language. They also play Vivaldi, perform Shakespeare, score in the top 1 percent on standardized tests, and go on to attend Ivy League universities. Rafe Esquith is the teacher responsible for these accomplishments.

From the man whom The New York Times calls ?a genius and a saint? comes a revelatory program for educating today?s youth. In Teach Like Your Hair?s on Fire!, Rafe Esquith reveals the techniques that have made him one of the most acclaimed educators of our time. The two mottoes in Esquith?s classroom are ?Be Nice, Work Hard,? and ?There Are No Shortcuts.? His students voluntarily come to school at 6:30 in the morning and work until 5:00 in the afternoon. They learn to handle money responsibly, tackle algebra, and travel the country to study history. They pair Hamlet with rock and roll, and read the American classics. Teach Like Your Hair?s on Fire! is a brilliant and inspiring road map for parents, teachers, and anyone who cares about the future success of our nation?s children. BACKCOVER: Praise for Rafe Esquith:

?Rafe Esquith is my only hero.?
?Sir Ian McKellan

?Politicians, burbling over how to educate the underclass, would do well to stop by Rafe Esquith?s fifth grade class as it mounts its annual Shakespeare play. Sound like a grind? Listen to the peals of laughter bouncing off the classroom walls.?
?Time

?Esquith is a modern-day Thoreau, preaching the value of good work, honest self-reflection, and the courage to go one?s own way.?
?Newsday

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Teach like your hair is on fire

This book is enjoyable and very easy reading. The stories are delightful, and there are great take-away lessons for teachers. The book is geared more for elementary school teachers, but as a high school teacher, I found it useful.

It's on my Wanted list for sure!

I'll be honest, I haven't bought this book yet. As a Senior in College with loans and student teaching looming in the distance I just don't have the time to go buy this book and sit down and read it with the attention it deserves. But I want it so badly that it will be topping out my Christmas list before any of the new techno gadgets.

I saw it in the book store, and as I've seen a video in one of my classes about this teacher I picked it up. The title was interesting as well and I flipped it open to a random page to get a feel for it. I was hooked, and if my mom hadn't been in the store I would have spent the rest of my night standing over the display reading this book cover to cover. It doesn't matter if you're in the classroom yet or still working your way there, this is a must read!

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FANTASTIC source for ideas

I picked this book up because I work with 4th-6th graders at an after school center. Regardless of if you are a teacher or not - if you work with children you MUST read this book. The tips, tricks, and ideas alone are priceless. I really admire that Rafe is a teacher and not just an educational theorist/researcher.

He reminds us that even though our school systems are getting more and more bureaucratic, we can still (and we must, really) strive to teach our students. He fights against complacency and disillusionment with his honest portrayal of education.

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A Great Book for Teachers and Teaching Students

My name is Lydia and I read it as part of an assignment for my teaching education classes. I loved this book. Esquith makes the classroom come alive in real life and on paper and his rebuke of traditional teaching is swift and precise. His students are different and think about learning differently because he teaches differently. While his all out style is not for every teacher you can encorporate his passion and energy into any grade being taught. My favorite part is at the end when he aknowledges that sometimes he does let the stresses and difficulties of teaching his kids get to him. Every time that happens he goes back to one student who he really made a difference with and that student helps him regain his passion. The lesson for me is that if you can truly help one child learn in your classroom then it will always be worth the effort of teaching.

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