Books to be reviewed #1: No Excuses
There are some interesting-looking books at the top of the to-be-reviewed pile. This is one of them.
Click to see this on the publisher’s website
I’m very much looking forward to reading this, because according to the blurb:
The modern trend, if social media is anything to go by, is to treat your students as if they’re your best mates and show them “lurv”. Oh do please give it a rest. As I wrote recently:
No Excuses: Turning Around One of Britain’s Toughest Schools, by Alison Colwell.
I will be reviewing this book for Teach Secondary magazine, and will publish my review here soon after it appears there.
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