Fires in the Bathroom, Kathleen Cushman
Fires in the Bathroom, Kathleen Cushman
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Fires in the Bathroom
Advice for Teachers from High School Students

Author: Kathleen Cushman, The Students of What Kids Can Do, Lisa Delpit

Narrator: Coleen Marlo

Unabridged: 4 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/11/2021

Synopsis

Since its initial publication in hardcover in 2003, Fires in the Bathroom has been through multiple printings and received the attention of teachers across the country. Now, Kathleen Cushman's groundbreaking book offers original insights into teaching teenagers in today's hard-pressed urban high schools from the point of view of the students themselves. It speaks to both new and established teachers, giving them firsthand information about who their students are and what they need to succeed.

Students from across the country contributed perceptive and pragmatic answers to questions of how teachers can transcend the barriers of adolescent identity and culture to reach the diverse student body in today's urban schools. With the fresh and often surprising perspectives of youth, they tackle tough issues such as increasing engagement and motivation, teaching difficult academic material, reaching English-language learners, and creating a classroom culture where respect and success go hand in hand.

About Kathleen Cushman

Kathleen Cushman is the author of Fires in the Bathroom: Advice for Teachers from High School Students and coauthor, with Laura Rogers, of Fires in the Middle School Bathroom: Advice for Teachers from Middle School Students, both published by The New Press. Student motivation and mastery are the subjects of her recent books Fires in the Mind and The Motivation Equation. Her work with the national nonprofit What Kids Can Do, Inc., which she cofounded with Barbara Cervone in 2001, includes extensive documentation of adolescent learning in print and mixed media. She lives in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by sydney on May 24, 2007

This was a good introduction to some basic rules of teaching-- don't try to be your students' friend, don't stand at the board and lecture, don't assume the worst just because a kid has his head down, don't show up on your student's doorstep wanting to chat (you hear that, Michelle Pfeiffer?), etc.......more

Goodreads review by Jazmyne on July 13, 2017

I love, love, love this book. I would say it's more of a 4.5 instead of a 5 though. The best quality of this book is the fact that it uses actual students and the advice they give. The students come from a variety of backgrounds: gender, race, age, etc. It isn't just a bunch of high-performing kids t......more

Goodreads review by Christie on May 30, 2017

After book after book on theory, it was nice to be assigned a book that focuses on creating a dialogue between adults and teens, rather than just adults analyzing and drawing conclusions from their experiences with/observations of youth (not to say that's an invalid way of researching, it's just nic......more

Goodreads review by Robert on July 09, 2011

You would hope that much of this book would be common sense for teachers, but I can understand how a lot of these things may go overlooked when you have so much to think about. At first, I was thinking "come on, i know all this stuff. Treat kids fairly, try and get them to do their best." Yet, I kno......more

Goodreads review by James on December 30, 2021

I received this book as a Christmas gift from a trusted and wise colleague. In addition to being a valuable addition to my professional library, it was particularly timely as well. As an educator with 16 years teaching, advising, and mentoring students at the senior executive, graduate, and undergr......more

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