Cushman, Kathleen

Presents a practical guide for principals that contains strategies for changing school culture in order that students can become more effective learners and participants in their own success.

Draws from interviews with forty teenagers in New York City, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Providence, Rhode Island, to show what high school students, including ESL learners, need from their teachers; discusses familiarity, respect, trust, motivation, high expectations, discipline, and other related topics.

Teenagers share their feelings about parents and other important adults and offer insights and strategies for connecting with teens.

Text and photographs follow eighteen-year-old Montana Miller's move to France to study with the circus in hopes of becoming a trapeze artist.

Draws from interviews with middle school students to show what they need from their teachers; discussing expectations, understanding, social forces, parents, transitioning to high school, and other related topics.