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Overviewtell them we are rising The inspiring story of how one woman gave back. --Ed Bradley This is a heartwarming story about struggle, survival, and achieve ment. If we didn't know people like this in our lives, we would want to invent them. What more could one ask? A good story told with a deft hand. --William H. Gray III President, United Negro College Fund An inspiring account of an African American educator determined to make a difference in the lives of indifferent students. --Kirkus Reviews Tell Them We Are Rising is a wonderful, inspiring story of service, commitment, generosity, love, and hope. It is written with the humor, wisdom, and grace of a bygone era, yet spiced with the ultramodern savvy and the future-oriented vision of a twenty-year-old. What an extraordinary woman! What an extraordinary life! --Chaka Fattah U.S. Representative (Pennsylvania) Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ruth Wright Hayre , Alexis MoorePublisher: Turner Publishing Company Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 14.40cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.310kg ISBN: 9780471327226ISBN 10: 0471327220 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 01 January 1999 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsA superb, authentically American tale. --The New York Times Education Supplement<br> <br> An inspiring account of an African-American educator determined to make a difference in the lives of indifferent students. --Kirkus Reviews<br> <br> A heart-warming story about struggle, survival and achievement. What more could one ask? A good story told with a deft hand. --William Gray III, President, United Negro College Fund A superb, authentically American tale. --The New York Times Education Supplement An inspiring account of an African-American educator determined to make a difference in the lives of indifferent students. --Kirkus Reviews A heart-warming story about struggle, survival and achievement. What more could one ask? A good story told with a deft hand. --William Gray III, President, United Negro College Fund An inspiring if simplistic account of an African-American educator determined to make a difference in the lives of indifferent students. Hayre tells two stories here. The first - of her years as teacher, principal, administrator, college professor, and president of the Philadelphia Board of Education - is too sketchy to be of much value. But the unfolding story of the Tell Them We Are Rising program deserves a wide readership. At age 80, in June 1988, Hayre met with 116 Philadelphia sixth-graders and promised them that she would pay their college tuition if they graduated from high school. During the next six years, 22 became unwed mothers, 5 had run-ins with the criminal-justice system, and 16 dropped out. None of this is surprising, since, she notes, poverty, violence, and abuse informed the geography of a substantial percentage of the Risers, who live in the grip of a culture that ranks instant gratification above delayed rewards. What is impressive, though, is how the intervention of one remarkable person, along with mentors and parents, made a difference in the lives of so many. Khalil, for example, born heroin-addicted, abandoned by both parents, and left back in school twice, began getting As and Bs, and was accepted at Morehouse College. Hayre learns many valuable lessons from her Risers. They include the importance of finding alternative methods for educating at-risk youth; the value of establishing one-to-one relationships with caring, responsible adults; the necessity for parental involvement; and not least, the need for such inventive programs as Tell Them We Are Rising. (Coauthor Moore is on the editorial board of the Philadelphia Inquirer.) The author can be a little too harsh on teachers, as when she implies that they need to be held more accountable for the anger and indifference felt by so many black males. But here she offers a clear plan, hope, and a challenge to inner-city youth and their educators. (Kirkus Reviews) Author InformationRUTH WRIGHT HAYRE (1910-1998) was the first full-time African American teacher in the Philadelphia public school system, the first African American senior high school principal, and the first female president of the Philadelphia Board of Education. For her advocacy programs in support of urban teenagers in Philadelphia, Ms. Hayre received honors and awards from dozens of local and national organizations, including the University of Pennsylvania and the NAACP. ALEXIS MOORE is a journalist and a member of the editorial board of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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