An Ethic of Excellence: Building a Culture of Craftsmanship

ISBN: 0325005966

Author: Ron Berger

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Drawing from his own remarkable experience as a veteran classroom teacher (still in the classroom), Ron Berger gives us a vision of educational reform that transcends standards, curriculum, and instructional strategies. He argues for a paradigm shifta schoolwide embrace of an "ethic of excellence." A master carpenter as well as a gifted teacher, Berger is guided by a craftsmans passion for quality, describing whats possible when teachers, students, and parents commit to nothing less than the best. But Bergers not just idealistic, hes realistiche tells exactly how this can be done, from the blackboard to the blacktop to the school boardroom.