TY - BOOK AU - Mayer,Janet Grossbach TI - As bad as they say?: three decades of teaching in the Bronx SN - 9780823234165 (cloth: alk paper) PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - Empire State Editions, Fordham University Press KW - Mayer, Janet Grossbach KW - High school teachers KW - United States KW - Biography KW - English teachers N1 - Notes: pp. 155-160; index: pp. 161-166; Cont.: I: Bronx Roots. Introduction -- Nobody -- It Was the Worst of Times -- II: Defying Expectations. Omara--The Orphan -- Remarkable Ramika -- Marion--A Rare Gem -- A Typical American Teenager--Dominican Republic-Style -- Tenacious Tamika -- Multiple Intelligences: A Digression -- Dolores--The Dancer -- Marisa--with Charisma -- Pedro--The Piano Player -- Bridging the Gap -- III: Losing Our Way. Deception, Dismantling, and Demise of Public Education. pt. 1. Bronx roots -- pt. 2. Defying expectations -- pt. 3. Losing our way ER -