Author: Anonymous
ALEXANDRIA, VA (March 29, 2001)--Ending violence in schools is only the first step toward improving education. In a 30-minute interview with Renee Nash (WHUR-FM, to be aired Saturday, March 31, 2001, at 5:30 a.m.), Joe David, author of The Fire Within, said the next step is to focus on what teachers teach and how they teach it.
"Once school violence is ended, it will then become the teachers' and the schools' responsibility to provide children with the essential tools and knowledge they need to understand the world in which they live," Joe David told Ms. Nash and her listeners. "It is only when we start showing respect for a child's intellectual development by providing him with the tools and knowledge to survive that we will start getting respect from him in return."
David believes too much time is wasted on the frills of learning and not enough on essential subject content. "What we give our children is what we shall reap, and it's obvious by the state of today's education that we are giving them very little."
Joe David, a 10-year veteran of the District's public schools, has authored four books on education. His novel The Fire Within, a revision of the 1981 nationally acclaimed book, is a poignant look at public education--and those who dedicate their lives to it. "Hard-hitting"--Robert Kendall, Hispanic Times. "Insightful"- -William P. Schaefer, American University.
The first chapter is on the web
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