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Confessions of a Headmaster Kindle Edition
In this entertaining and inspiring memoir, renowned educator Paul Cummins candidly shares his journey from privileged kid and ivory-tower scholar to hands-on progressive educator, working to achieve social justice through education for all youth: from children of celebrities to foster and incarcerated youth and those facing sometimes unimaginable circumstantial hurdles to education and accomplishment—proving time and again that all children can succeed given appropriate support. Confessions of a Headmaster is “the story of the birth of the kind of open, enlightened, diverse education we all take for granted today, told in a warm and engaging way by the visionary in our midst who made it happen” (Victoria Shorr, cofounder of the Archer School for Girls and of the Pine Ridge Girls’ School).
“The story of a man who brought the romance back into teaching at a time when the field of education is a field of constant national controversy, and our most popular books have titles with militarist references, such as The Teacher Wars.” —Mona Simpson, national bestselling author of Anywhere But Here
“As Paul Cummins once remarked, ‘Passion without intelligence is of limited value’—and the inverse is also true—for who would want intelligence without passion? In Confessions, we see what can happen when these two qualities work in sync!” —John Densmore, drummer for the Doors
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherXeno Books
- Publication dateSeptember 30, 2015
- File size15767 KB
Editorial Reviews
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"In a book that is both a memoir and manifesto for education reform, Cummins . . . chronicles his remarkable career as a teacher, headmaster, and school founder. . . . An inspiring memoir of a determined man committed to social change.”
―Kirkus Reviews
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“Confessions of a Headmaster, by Paul Cummins, the legendary educator who brought his first school . . . from the brink of closing down in bankruptcy to national prominence, is the chronicle of a group endeavor. Cummins recruited teachers with a passion for the subjects they taught, and the school they created together treated the arts, athletics, community service, human development, and environmental studies as subjects every bit as ‘solid’ as the so-called core curriculum. This is also the story of a man who brought the romance back into teaching at a time when the field of education is a field of constant national controversy, and our most popular books have titles with militarist references, such as The Teacher Wars.”
―Mona Simpson
“As Paul Cummins once remarked, ‘Passion without intelligence is of limited value’―and the inverse is also true―for who would want intelligence without passion? In Confessions, we see what can happen when these two qualities work in sync!”
―John Densmore, drummer for the Doors
“When Paul Cummins founded Crossroads School, in 1971 . . . . Private school was for the rich, the white, the privileged. But Paul Cummins thought it was time for that to change. Confessions of a Headmaster is the story of that change, the story of the birth of the kind of open, enlightened, diverse education we all take for granted today, told in a warm and engaging way by the visionary in our midst who made it happen.”
―Victoria Shorr, co-founder of the Archer School for Girls, and of the Pine Ridge Girls’ School
“This book makes me appreciate the genius behind Crossroads―the first school that understood that poetry, music, and backpacking are as important to turning out great students as are mathematics and science. And if there hadn't been a school where the whole kid mattered, I would never have been able to accomplish the things I've been lucky enough to do in this life. Paul Cummins and Crossroads changed my life.”
―Amy Pascal, former co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment
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- ASIN : B01HETGDA0
- Publisher : Xeno Books; 1st edition (September 30, 2015)
- Publication date : September 30, 2015
- Language : English
- File size : 15767 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 281 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,409,919 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #890 in Biographies of Educators (Kindle Store)
- #1,066 in Education Policy & Reform
- #1,248 in Education Policy
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