Book Review: ‘Building a Better Teacher,’ on Secrets of Good Teaching by Elizabeth Green
By Michael S. Roth BUILDING A BETTER TEACHER How Teaching Works (and How to Teach It to Everyone) By Elizabeth Green Norton. 372 pp. $27.95 America has some of the best schools on the planet and one of the worst systems of education in the developed world. We have produced educational philosophies that have inspired teachers and students on every continent, but we have failed badly in implementing strategies that would either cultivate talents or address deficiencies. This is not for lack of trying. Over a long period of time, federal and state governments have spent billions of dollars creating […]