When even the President has a hard time explaining why a war against Iraq is necessary, how can a teacher be expected to do so in terms that make sense to a classroom of 12 year olds? Dean talks with Bob Peterson about the challenges of teaching in these complex times. Paterson teaches 5th Grade at La Escuela Fratney Street School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and is an editor at Rethinking Schools, a magazine on education reform.
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