A Teacher At Heart: One Man Leaves Academia And Returns To The Classroom

A Teacher At Heart: One Man Leaves Academia And Returns To The Classroom

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Gregory Michie was born to teach. After years as a CPS teacher, Michie took a job as an education professor. He thought he was leaving the rough-and-tumble of daily teaching for a less stressful gig at a university. But a decade later, he was back. Michie’s new book “Same As It Never Was: Notes On A Teacher’s Return To The Classroom” looks at his return to the same school, the same grade level, and the same subjects he taught before he left in the 1990’s…and how the system and the kids have changed, and stayed the same.