Fires In The Middle School Bathroom: Advice for Teachers from Middle Schoolers

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Following on the heels of the bestselling Fires in the Bathroom, which presented the insights of senior school students to teachers and parents, Cushman turns her attention to the crucial and challenging early senior and late primary school ages. Cushman joins forces with adolesecent psychologist Laura Rogers and presents feedback from a diverse range of students offering insight on what it takes to make classrooms more effective and how to forge stronger relationships between younger adolsecents and adults.

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"This book brings out the essence of what, and how, middle school kids think. Teachers can learn from themnot just new teachers, but those who have been in the field for a while."
Deborah Kasak, Executive Director, National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform

Author Bio

Kathleen Cushman is the author of Fires in the Bathroom (The New Press). She lives in New York City. Laura Rogers, EdD, has a doctorate from Harvard University and twelve years experience as a school psychologist working with adolescents. She teaches at Tufts University and lives in Harvard, Massachusetts.