Faces of Learning

Inspirational stories of engaging, real-life educationalexperiencesEveryone has a personal learning story, a time when they becameactively engaged in their own education. Maybe it was an especiallychallenging teacher, or a uniquely supportive environment, or acollaborative classroom. In Faces of Learning, bothwell-known public figures, such as Arne Duncan and Al Franken, andordinary Americans recall the moments when they truly learnedsomething.* Includes stories from people of all different backgrounds andfrom all over the country* The stories are grouped into categories by theme like"relevant" and "experiential" to help reveal the commoncharacteristics of what works in education* Each chapter ends with five things you can do to improve yourown learning, that of your students, and of all AmericansReaders can visit the companion website facesoflearning.net toshare their own stories of educational success and find out whatelse they can do.

Introduction 1Chapter One Challenging1. Jenna Fournel (Alexandria, Virginia) 62. Mark Rockeymoore (Montreal, Quebec) 83. Jan Resseger (Cleveland, Ohio) 104. Gloria Ladson-Billings (Madison, Wisconsin) 125. Loretta Goodwin (Washington, D.C.) 146. Bruce Deitrick Price (Virginia Beach, Virginia) 167. Arne Duncan (Washington, D.C.) 178. Angela Valenzuela (Austin, Texas) 199. Carl Glickman (Athens, Georgia) 2110. Andrew Margon (Brooklyn, New York) 23Challenging: Five Things You Can Do 24Chapter Two Engaging11. Renee Moore (Cleveland, Mississippi) 3012. Amy Estersohn (Chicago, Illinois) 3213. Maritza Brito (Brick, New Jersey) 3414. Kevin McCann (Halifax, Nova Scotia) 3615. Margaret Owens (Palo Alto, California) 3816. Larry Mya_ (Boston, Massachusetts) 4017. John Goodlad (Seattle, Washington) 4218. Sitembiso Ncube Maduma (San Bernardino, California) 4419. Elijah Cummings (Baltimore, Maryland) 4620. Jill Vialet (Oakland, California) 48Engaging: Five Things You Can Do 51Chapter Three Supportive21. Al Franken (Washington, D.C.) 5622. Jenifer Fox (Austin, Texas) 5823. Michelle Durange (Littlestown, Pennsylvania) 6024. Zainab Ali (Los Angeles, California) 6225. Susan Oliver (Waterford, Virginia) 6426. Gary Cohen (Wayzata, Minnesota) 6627. Chantale Soekhoe (Brooklyn, New York) 6828. Emily Gasoi (Washington, D.C.) 7029. Cassandra Carland (Keene, New Hampshire) 7330. Carrie A. Rogers (Rancho Cucamonga, California) 75Supportive: Five Things You Can Do 77Chapter Four Relevant31. R. Dwayne Betts (Washington, D.C.) 8232. Robert McLaughlin (Concord, New Hampshire) 8433. Deborah Meier (Hillsdale, New York) 8634. Jamal Fields (Livermore, California) 8835. Jenerra Williams (Boston, Massachusetts) 9036. Patrick Ip (Chicago, Illinois) 9237. Gerlma A. Johnson (Detroit, Michigan) 9438. Anonymous 9639. Ahniwake Rose (Washington, D.C.) 9740. James Comer (New Haven, Connecticut) 98Relevant: Five Things You Can Do 100Chapter Five Experiential41. Joel Ellio (Limpopo Province, South Africa) 10642. Terry Pickeral (Bellingham, Washington) 10943. Elizabeth Rogers (South Portland, Maine) 11144. Steve Moore (Kansas City, Missouri) 11245. Jill Davidson (Providence, Rhode Island) 11546. Rachel Barnes (Chatham, Massachusetts) 11747. Stedman Graham (Chicago, Illinois) 11948. Stephen Vick (Chicago, Illinois) 12149. Liz Lerman (Baltimore, Maryland) 12350. Maya Soetoro-Ng (Honolulu, Hawaii) 125Experiential: Five Things You Can Do 128Epilogue George WoodTed Sizer (Harvard, Massachusetts) 133About the Editor 135About the Campaign 137Acknowledgments 149