Jane Isenberg, associate professor of English at Hudson County Community College in New Jersey with a PhD in applied linguistics from New York University, has over 30 years of experience in the urban classroom. She began her career teaching high school English in 1962 immediately after graduating from Vassar College.

"New and veteran teachers alike will find ideas and inspiration in Going by the Book." - The Council Chronicle

• Preface Introduction Stranger in a Strange Land Packing for the Trip Transmissionland Culture: Control and Curriculum The First Hundred Years Teacher: Sylvia Ashton-Warner A Retrospective Response Teacher Revisited Up the Down Staircase: Bel Kaufman A Retrospective Response Up the Down Staircase Revisited To Sir, With Love: E.R. Braithwaite A Retrospective Response To Sir, With Love Revisited How Children Fail: John Holt A Retrospective Response How Children Fail Revisited 36 Children: Herbert Kohl A Retrospective Response 36 Children Revisited Teaching Narratives: Literature and Lore Writing to Remember Slave Narratives: Autobiographical Testimony Teaching Narratives as Testimony Teacher Authors: Testifiers or Tinkerers? Teacher Educators: Trustees of the Legacy Bibliography Index

Jane Isenberg, associate professor of English at Hudson County Community College in New Jersey with a PhD in applied linguistics from New York University, has over 30 years of experience in the urban classroom. She began her career teaching high school English in 1962 immediately after graduating from Vassar College.

"New and veteran teachers alike will find ideas and inspiration in Going by the Book." - The Council Chronicle

• Preface Introduction Stranger in a Strange Land Packing for the Trip Transmissionland Culture: Control and Curriculum The First Hundred Years Teacher: Sylvia Ashton-Warner A Retrospective Response Teacher Revisited Up the Down Staircase: Bel Kaufman A Retrospective Response Up the Down Staircase Revisited To Sir, With Love: E.R. Braithwaite A Retrospective Response To Sir, With Love Revisited How Children Fail: John Holt A Retrospective Response How Children Fail Revisited 36 Children: Herbert Kohl A Retrospective Response 36 Children Revisited Teaching Narratives: Literature and Lore Writing to Remember Slave Narratives: Autobiographical Testimony Teaching Narratives as Testimony Teacher Authors: Testifiers or Tinkerers? Teacher Educators: Trustees of the Legacy Bibliography Index