Adequate Yearly Progress
With over a decade of experience as a public school teacher and nationwide speaker on educational topics, Roxanna Elden a lot to say about the Hollywood version of the teacher story, where one self-sacrificing hero battles her terrible colleagues to save the kids. Real-life teaching raises much more complex questions, and the characters aren’t so easily cast as heroes and villains. This is what inspired Elden’s debut novel, a brilliantly entertaining and moving story that switches perspectives among a diverse group of teachers and offers a humorous, panoramic inside look at our education system. ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS focuses on Brae Hill Valley, a struggling high school in Houston, Texas. On top of the familiar educational challenges each school year brings, teachers face their own personal trials, which may finally spill over into their classrooms. Perfect for readers who love to explore unfamiliar worlds they would never ...