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Star Teachers: The Ideology and Best Practices of Effective Teachers of Diverse Children and Youth in Poverty, by Martin Haberman. Houston: The Haberman Educational Foundation, 2005. 220 pp. $29.95, paperback.
Dr. Martin Haberman, now recognized as one of the leading scholars in urban teacher education, has once again captured the true essence of the "savage inequalities" that seem to overwhelm many of America's urban, high-poverty schools. Star Teachers: The Ideology and Best Practice of Effective Teachers of Diverse Children and Youth in Poverty, follows his nationally acclaimed book, Star Teachers of Children in Poverty (1995), and represents over four decades of research in the field.
Most people agree that there is an urgent need to improve the quality of education in America's urban districts, and the effects of not doing so are profound. Many are quick to note the intractable social hardships and debilitating conditions that urban teachers and students must confront without offering solvable strategies. Habennan offers solutions to this disparaging dilemma by providing the reader with the ideology of "star teachers," what separates them from...