Forever After: New York City Teachers on 9/11 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807747157 ISBN 13: 9780807747155

Publisher: Teachers College Press, 2006

Synopsis

Forever After presents the untold stories of what happened in New York City schools on September 11, 2001. These moving, first-hand accounts reveal the amazing wisdom and courage of public school teachers and administrators who cared for and protected the children in schools near the World Trade Center and around the City. The inspiring stories in this beautiful collection bring into clear focus the enormous responsibility that teachers and administrators face every day and the crucial role they play in helping students make sense of the world, especially after terrifying and incomprehensible events like 9/11. Maxine Greene and Michelle Fine, eminent educators, also offer their views on what happened that day and its impact on the lives of teachers and the inner workings of our schools.

About this title

Book Description

“I recommend this book to all parents and teachers.”
Deborah Meier
, New York University, author of
In Schools We Trust
,
Many Children Left Behind
,

and
Keeping School

“If ever a horror confirms our understanding that learning is mediated by love, surely this is it...this book is not to be missed.”
Thomas Sobol
,
Christian A. Johnson Professor of Outstanding Educational Practice,

Teachers College, Columbia University

“After reading the stories chronicled in Forever After, I am confident that you will change the way that you define ‘heroism’!”
Gregory A. Thomas
, Director of Security for the New York City schools on September 11, 2001, author of
Freedom From Fear: A Guide to Safety, Preparedness and the Threat of Terrorism

“The compelling stories collected here are a credit to the profession...must reading for all teachers in these times when tragic world events are occurring all too often.”
Tom Roderick
, Executive Director, Educators for Social Responsibility Metropolitan Area, NY

“This book gave me a renewed zeal for the work I do and an insight into what I can say and how I can react when one of my second graders asks, ‘Could that happen here?’”
Joanne Bell
, 2nd grade teacher, St. Charles, MO

“Finally! A story about New York’s true ‘unsung heroes,’ the teachers of New York City.”
Ann Lipson
, high school teacher, New York, NY

“An astonishing collection of reflections with unique perspectives that reveal so much about the courage of these teachers in New York City.”
Mary B. Mumbrue
, 4th and 5th grade teacher, Winnetka, IL

“Voices from the classroom are all too rare in the literature of education and pedagogy. This book is exhilarating to read and an authentic source of hope.”
--
Ronald Gross
, Co-Chair, University Seminar on Innovation in Education, Columbia University

From the Publisher

ADVANCE PRAISE:

Â"The challenge now, as most of these teachers know, is to keep the towers from falling over and over, to summon up images of the possible, images of building anew.Â" —From the Foreword by Maxine Greene

Â"I have always believed that the most powerful moments of learning come through the eyes of children. These moving firsthand accounts vividly capture this simple but precious lesson. I recommend this book to all parents and teachers.Â" —Deborah Meier, New York University, author of In Schools We Trust, Many Children Left Behind and Keeping School

Â"The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 changed the way that we define ‘homeland security.Â’ After reading the stories chronicled in Forever After, I am confident that you will change the way that you define ‘heroismÂ’!Â" —Gregory A. Thomas, Director of Security for the New York City schools on September 11, 2001 and author of Freedom From Fear: A Guide to Safety, Preparedness and the Threat of Terrorism

Â"An astonishing collection of reflections with unique perspectives that reveal so much about the courage of these teachers in New York City. I felt their vulnerability as each person displayed their quiet acts of heroism, setting aside their fears and anxieties and risking themselves for their students during and after that horrific day.Â" —Mary B. Mumbrue, retired 4th and 5th grade teacher, Winnetka, IL

Â"This book has the power to transcend a specific catastrophe. It gave me a renewed zeal for the work I do and an insight into what I can say and how I can react when one of my second graders asks, ‘Could that happen here?Â’Â" —Joanne Bell, 2nd grade teacher, St. Charles, MO

Edition details

• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0807747157
• ISBN 13: 9780807747155
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Teachers College