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When we ask our kids, “What’d you do in school today?” and they mumble, “Nothin'',” they’re telling the truth.

Steve Perry gets it. He understands why some parents are panicked about what’s going on in their kids’ classrooms, and how other parents, whose kids supposedly attend the “good” schools, still fear that their children are falling behind. As principal of one of the best performing schools in America – one that sends 100% of its mostly minority students to four-year colleges – Perry delights in proving “the system” wrong.

In this solution-oriented manifesto, Perry covers the full range of issues holding back today’s students. He shows parents and principals how to find great teachers (and get rid of the bad ones), how to make readers out of kids who hate to read, how to make the school curriculum thrilling rather than sleep-inducing, how to cond

Push Has Come to Shove

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    A Paperback / softback by Dr. Steve Perry

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      Publisher: Random House USA Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 06/11/2012
      ISBN13: 9780307720320, 978-0307720320
      ISBN10: 0307720322

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      When we ask our kids, “What’d you do in school today?” and they mumble, “Nothin'',” they’re telling the truth.

      Steve Perry gets it. He understands why some parents are panicked about what’s going on in their kids’ classrooms, and how other parents, whose kids supposedly attend the “good” schools, still fear that their children are falling behind. As principal of one of the best performing schools in America – one that sends 100% of its mostly minority students to four-year colleges – Perry delights in proving “the system” wrong.

      In this solution-oriented manifesto, Perry covers the full range of issues holding back today’s students. He shows parents and principals how to find great teachers (and get rid of the bad ones), how to make readers out of kids who hate to read, how to make the school curriculum thrilling rather than sleep-inducing, how to cond

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