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Two Books on How Literature Can Solve the Education Crisis

Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews books by Wayne C. Booth and Robert Coles, writers who, while offering different solutions, both believe that the teaching of literature deserves a greater place in colleges and universities.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, March 10, 1992: Interview with Mike Rose; Commentary on jazz piano music; Interview with Ursula K. Le Guin; Review of Wayne C. Booth's "The Vocation of a Teacher" and…
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Mike Rose on Raising Up Poor and Working Class Students

Rose has created educational and literacy programs for young people who fall through the cracks in school. As a young person, he was placed in a vocational track after a testing mixup -- a program that wasn't a good fit for Rose. His new book about his education and his current teaching is called "Lives on the Boundary."

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