Another Planet

I finished Another Planet by Elinor Burkett. It is another of the many books about education that have found their way into my hands. Thanks to fellow teacher Melanie for the loan. It is reporting on a year spent in an above-average American high school. There is good, and there is bad. In both groups of teachers and students there are those who work hard and those who just want to slide along. This is how Harper Collins presents the book:

In the wake of the disaster at Columbine, one question haunts America: What's going on in our suburban high schools? Award-winning journalist Elinor Burkett went back to school in suburban Minneapolis to find out. For nine months—from the opening pep rally through graduation—she attended classes, hung out with students, sat in on teacher gripe sessions, and interviewed both parents and administrators. With a novelist's eye, she takes readers behind closed doors, revealing a world of mixed messages, manufactured myths, and political hype. Another Planet offers an insider's view of the subculture of suburban teenagers, the plight of the nation's teachers, and the state of American education.