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Push has come to shove : getting our kids the education they deserve, even if it means picking a fight / Steve Perry.

by Perry, Steve (School principal)

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New York : Crown Publishers, c2011.

School improvement programs -- United States.

9780307720313 :

xi, 252 p. ; 25 cm.

Inspiration. The promise ; The push -- Purpose. Why shoukld you care? ; Sue 'Em ; E-Organize -- School. What makes a good teacher? ; How to find great teachers ; Anatomy of a good lesson ; Thriller ; The principal -- Parenting. Dazed and confused ; Adults vs. parents ; "I have no idea where he learned that" ; Parents are like cars ; Daddy's kids ; Lemonade ; Audit your home! ; More than they can handle: a note to your teenager -- Gatekeepers. Teachers' unions: the worst thing that ever happened to education ; Evaluation frustration ; Life-and-death stakes of accountability -- Outdated. Strap up ; Of, for, and by the people ; Closing of the old school ; The intern and the senator -- Solutions. Leader of the new school ; New books, old books ; Cracking the AP myth ; Time keeps on slippin' ; It's not about the Benjamins ; Charters, magnets, and tradition ; Vouchers are a real solution ; We know what works ; Making a life, making a living -- American Federation of Teachers 2011 -- Connecticut Legislative Agenda -- We are Capital Prep!

"A guide to saving America's schools"-- Provided by publisher.

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