{"product_id":"blackboard-a-personal-history-of-the-classroom-9781555976835","title":"Blackboard: A Personal History of the Classroom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA captivating meditation on education from the author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Yellow-Lighted Bookshop \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBlackboard\u003c\/i\u003e, Lewis Buzbee looks back over a lifetime of experiences in schools and classrooms, from kindergarten to college and beyond. He offers fascinating histories of the key ideas informing educational practice over the centuries, which have shaped everything from class size to the layout of desks and chairs. Buzbee deftly weaves his own biography into this overview, approaching his subject as a student, a father, and a teacher. In so doing, he offers a moving personal testament to how he, \"an average student\" in danger of flunking out of high school, became the first in his family to graduate from college. He credits his success to the well-funded California public school system and bemoans the terrible price that state is paying as a result of funding being cut from today's budgets. For Buzbee, the blackboard is a precious window into the wider world, which we ignore at our peril. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Both anecdotal and eloquent, \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow-Lighted Bookshop\u003c\/i\u003e is a tribute to those who crave the cozy confines of a bookshop, a place to be 'alone among others' and savor a bountiful literary buffet.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555976835\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.26h x 5.28w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/14\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2014 pg. 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/05\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2014 pg. 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lewis Buzbee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52418762637493,"sku":"9781555976835","price":19.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1c25428d-5f93-4c35-8b81-5d956d41592d.jpg?v=1775570440","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/blackboard-a-personal-history-of-the-classroom-9781555976835","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}