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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.
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preparing the soil
  • The rookie
  • Teaching with everything but the textbook
  • Growing into teaching
  • Putting down new roots
  • How daffodils broke up a fight and started a learning revolution
  • Drunk on tomatoes
  • Our garden in the sky
  • The rubber room bounce
  • Planting the seeds
  • Hitting the green wall
  • Who the hell is TED?
  • Green Bronx machine revs up
  • Location, location, location
  • Growing a global teacher in the projects
  • From classroom farm to classroom table
  • Sharing the harvest
  • Every community wants happier, healthier children
  • Full STEAM ahead to leave a better place behnd
  • Make epic happen.

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