Grant and Murray describe the evolution taking place in the teaching profession over the last 100 years, and then focus on recent experiments that have given teachers the power to shape their schools and mentor young educators.

Zusammenfassung
Would Americaâ™s schools be better served if teachers shared more of the authority that professors have long enjoyed? Will a slow revolution be completed that enables schoolteachers to shoulder more responsibility for hiring, mentoring, promoting, and, if necessary, firing their peers? This book explores these questions.

Inhalt
Two professions; assessing America's teachers and schools; the essential acts of teaching; three questions every teacher must answer; the modern origins of the profession - Florence'story, 1890-1920; reforming teaching in the midst of social crisis -Andrena's story, 1960-1990; teachers' struggle to take charge of their practice - the Rochester story, 1987-1997; the progress of the slow revolution throughout the nation; teaching in 2020; research methods.