Why Kids Love (and Hate) School

Why Kids Love (and Hate) School: Reflections on Practice is a tonic book for the Age of Inequality. The authors give us a sparkling collection of stories and images, crisp essays, worthy examples and counterexamples of love and learning from across the world. Their moving portraits of loved schools and hated schools got me to question what I thought I knew for sure about kids, to listen more and talk less, and to see schooling once again through the eyes of schoolchildren." - Christopher M. Clark, Michigan State University ""Why Kids Love (and Hate) School: Reflections on Practice reveals how to make school more engaging, intellectually enriching, uplifting, and fun. For teachers and administrators who want their students to flourish, Why Kids Love (and Hate) School is a must-read."" - Lawrence Bairnes, University of Oklahoma

Steven P. Jones is a professor in the College of Education at Missouri State University and Executive Director of the Academy for Educational Studies. He is author of Blame Teachers: The Emotional Reasons for Educational Reform-a book that investigates how and why so many people try to justify educational change by deriding the efforts and effectiveness of our public school teachers. A former high school English teacher in Jefferson County, Colorado, Jones received his B.A. in English from the University of Denver, his MA in Educational Administration from the University of Colorado (Boulder), and his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Chicago. Eric C. Sheffield is Professor and Department Chair of Educational Studies at Western Illinois University in Macomb. He is also founding editor of the Academy for Educational Studies' peer reviewed journal, Critical Questions in Education. A former English teacher in Putnam County Florida, Sheffield received his B.A. in Philosophy from Illinois College, and his M.Ed & Ph.D from the University of Florida.

Introduction: Why Kids Love (and Hate) School: Reflections on Practice, Steven P. Jones & Eric C. Sheffield Chapter 1. How You Teach is What You Teach, Elizabeth Hobbs Chapter 2. Invitational Learning: Building School Culture with Love, Barbara J. Mallory & James Davis Chapter 3. Beyond Curriculum: Students Don't Love School When Schools Don't Love Them Back, Barbara J. Rose Chapter 4. "What Do You Think We Could Change to Make This Lesson Better?" Using Feedback Surveys to Engage Students and Improve Instruction, Irene S. LaRoche & Robert W. Maloy Chapter 5. From the Desk of Your Student: Ruminations on School, Megan J. Sulsberger Chapter 6. Must We Always Stay on the Struggle Bus? Christopher Beckham Chapter 7. Icelandic Education at Hateigsskoli: Giving Students Wings, Karla Smart-Morstad & Sara Triggs Chapter 8. A Manual on How to Make Children Hate School: The Case of Test-Driven Chinese Education, Liang Zhao Chapter 9. Igniting Passion Among Students (and Teachers) for Civic Engagement: The Role of Communities of Practice, Gary A. Homana Chapter 10. Connecting Students and Communities: Locally Relevant Texts, Kari Dahle-Huff Chapter 11. "A Toolbox for Working..." The Disappearance of Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Megan Hallissey Chapter 12. From the Pickup Line to the Picket Line: Opt Out's Love-Hate Relationship with Public Schools, Todd McCardle, Elizabeth Currin & Stephanie Schroeder Contributors