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The power of a plant a teacher's odyssey to grow healthy minds and schools

"What if we taught students that they have as much potential as a seed? That in the right conditions, they can grow into something great? These are the questions that Stephen Ritz? who became a teacher more than 30 years ago? sought to answer in 2004 in a South Bronx high school plagued by rampant c...

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Main Authors: Ritz, Stephen (Author), Boss, Suzie (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: [Emmaus, Pennsylvania] : Rodale, [2017]
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Ritz, Stephen.
Educational change > New York (State) > New York.
Low-performing schools > New York (State) > New York.
Gardening > Study and teaching > New York (State) > New York.
School gardens > New York (State) > New York.
Community and school > New York (State) > New York.
High school teachers > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
South Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > Social conditions.
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If you grow up in the South Bronx today or in South-Central Los Angeles or Pittsburgh or Philadelphia, you quickly come to understand that you have been set apart and there's no will in this society to bring you back into the mainstream. The kids have eyes and they can see, and they have ears and they can hear. Kids notice that no politicians talk about this. Nobody says we're going to make them less separate and more equal. Nobody says that. -JONATHAN KOZOL PART I PREPARING THE SOIL CHAPTER 1 THE ROOKIE Excerpted from The Power of a Plant: A Teacher's Odyssey to Grow Healthy Minds and Schools by Stephen Ritz All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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