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This book documents the ""brave new world"" of teacher, administrator, school, and student accountability that has swept across the United States in recent years. Its particular vantage point is the perspective of dozens of new teachers trying to make their way through their first months and years working in schools in the New York City metropolitan area. The issues they grapple with are not, however, unique to this context, but common problems found today in urban, suburban, and rural schools across the United States. The stories in this book offer a compelling portrait of these teachers' enc

Educational accountability --- First year teachers --- Education, Urban --- Beginning teachers --- New teachers --- Teachers --- Accountability in education --- Responsibility --- Educational indicators --- Educational productivity