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ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS is a workplace novel that captures teaching with humor, insight, and heart. It switches perspectives among a diverse group of educators as their professional lives impact their personal lives and vice versa. Forbes calls the book “laugh-out-loud-funny satire.” The Washington Post calls it, “A funny but insightful look at teachers in the workplace. . . reminiscent of the TV show The Office but set in an urban high school.”
SEE ME AFTER CLASS: ADVICE FOR TEACHERS BY TEACHERS is a funny, honest, practical guide with tips and stories from experienced teachers around the country. The book is a staple in school districts and educator training programs throughout the country. Humorist Dave Barry called the book “very funny.” Education Week says, “This is the kind of no-nonsense straight talk that teachers are starved for and too rarely get.”
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