Passionate Teaching in Troubled Times

“This is the one book every teacher must have.”
—Deborah Meier, MacArthur Award–winning educator, reformer, and author

“I’ve loved The Passionate Teacher and recommended it for years. This new edition greatly enhances the book for today’s educators, laypeople, and students because it underscores a simple truth about learning: Learn what you love and you will learn to love learning. The genius of the teachers and students highlighted in Passionate Teaching in Troubled Times is their ability to make the connections that ignite that passion. Most of all, this book should be required reading for all educators at every level and for those considering joining the profession.”
—Gregory Prince, president emeritus of Hampshire College

“When books are pulled from shelves, teachers are told what they cannot say, and public education itself is under siege, Robert Fried offers an eloquent lifeline. Drawing on thirty years of classroom wisdom and the voices of today’s most inspiring teachers, he makes a quietly radical argument: A teacher’s passion for students and honest inquiry is not just good pedagogy. It is an act of resistance. A must-read for anyone who cares about education.”
—Tony Wagner, best-selling author and senior research fellow, Learning Policy Institute

“The Passionate Teacher is an indispensable book for educators at all levels and has been a central feature of our new teacher reading list for many years. This new edition addresses vital issues facing educators, recognizing the mounting complexities that teachers face while retaining the inspiring vision of teaching that made the original so powerful.”
—Page Tompkins, president of the Upper Valley Educators Institute