PRAISE 

“Just when new teachers might feel that it’s time to throw in the towel, The New Teacher Book makes its appearance with stimulating stories, ideas, and encouragement that remind teachers why they entered the profession in the first place. Grounded in a deep respect for teachers, the articles, ideas, and resources will inspire and motivate all educators, not just those new to the profession. By questioning the stale prescriptions and taken-for-granted practices so common in education today, this book sends a powerful message that education is above all about social justice.”
— Sonia Nieto, Professor Emerita, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

“An indispensable resource for new teachers has only become better! Every essay in The New Teacher Book comes right out of a real teacher’s experience, to help today’s beginners learn to make real their vision of a caring and socially just classroom, even when everything seems to be working against that vision.”
— Christine Sleeter, Professor Emerita, California State University. Monterey Bay

“The New Teacher Book is full of insight and wisdom—much of it hard-won—from educators committed to their profession, their colleagues, their students, and to social justice. New (and “old”) teachers, teacher educators, and mentors will find themselves nodding in recognition and leaving this page-turner inspired and recommitted.”
— Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford University

"This 2nd edition of The New Teacher Book is even better than the first. It’s a roadmap that will help new teachers navigate the rough journey of doing right by their students and a reminder to us all that responsible and responsive teaching must be learner-centered and set in the context of vigorous social consciousness.”  
— Adam Urbanski, President of the Rochester (NY) Teachers Association, a vice president of the American Federation of Teachers, and the founding director of the Teacher Union Reform Network 

“Rethinking Schools is an important voice for progressive and democratic values in these difficult times of attacks on public education and teachers, and obsession with privatization, standardized testing, and pay for performance. This second edition of The New Teacher Book, written by classroom teachers, former teachers, and community activists is filled with useful and realistic advice for beginning teachers about important issues inside and outside the classroom that will help them sustain a progressive vision in American public education.”
— Ken Zeichner, Boeing Professor of Teacher Education, University of Washington, Seattle