Synopsis
This novel was triggered by a real evet the writing of an underground newsletter by a group of frustrated MIdwestern schoolteachers who wanted to protest the mindlessly bureaucratic school system that constantly interfered with their work. The newsletter generated a huge, positive response from readers, along with the administrative wrath they both hoped and feared it would.
As the years passed, and schools continued to decline, two of the newsletter organizers made one more effort to tell their story. A Disgrace to the Profession is the result.
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"Peace at any price" is the watchword of far too many public school administrators, who will do almost anything to avoid controversy or, God forbid, bad press; almost anything to prevent the dreaded school board and the high honchos at headquarters from swooping down like vultures. Two frustrated teachers who organized an underground newsletter protesting their administration drew on their experience for their novel about teachers confronting a cowardly principal who barely wrist-slaps a bullying student who, in front of witnesses, throws the vice principal down some stairs, breaking his collarbone. Policies and procedures fail to stem the board's decision to re-admit the ruffian after a five-day suspension, which forces the faculty to take action, braving administrative reprisals. Some will cheer Newton and Kauffman's roman engage, which doesn't balk at featuring a handsome hero, while others will sigh and set it aside, heavyhearted at seeing the all-too-credible circumstances that define their own lives. Whitney Scott
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