Book Review| January 01 2016 Education In Praise of American Educators: And How They Can Become Even Better. By Richard DuFour. 2015. Solution Tree Press. (ISBN 978-1-942496-57-1). 286 pp. Paperback. $29.95. Pat Waller Pat Waller 1NABT President 2007 wallerfp@enter.net Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The American Biology Teacher (2016) 78 (1): 78. https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2016.78.1.78 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Pat Waller; Education. The American Biology Teacher 1 January 2016; 78 (1): 78. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2016.78.1.78 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe American Biology Teacher Search Educators get beat up almost daily in the press. As educators, busy in the classroom, do we have time to gather data to support what we know and see every day? Dr. DuFour has done that for us. He presents positive ways to think about the negatives attributed to our educational system and, especially, teachers. There are ample references to reinforce his statements. Only one page refers to science education. Here the author relates the lack of content knowledge of science teachers in the United States: “No other industrialized country allows its teachers to teach subjects for which they have not been highly trained.” Chapter titles are enticing: “Educators under Attack,” “The Phony Crisis,” “The Firings Will Continue until Morale Improves,” “A Word about Teacher Unions.” These early chapters include descriptions of the successes of the American education system and critique the strategies our government is using to bring about... You do not currently have access to this content.