Book Announcement
Monday, March 14, 2005

To The Readers:

Dr. Haberman's book, Star Teachers: The Ideology and Best Practices of Effective Teachers Serving Diverse Student in Poverty represents four decades of on-going research.  On November 2004, he received the prestigious Columbia University Education Distinguished Alumni Award. Dr. Arthur Levine, President, Columbia University stated  (in part):

"Martin Haberman. Your Milwaukee Intern Program became the basis of the National Teacher Corps under President Johnson. During five decades you have served as an advisor on  alternative certification programs to universities, cities , states and the nation. Indeed, no one has developed more teacher education programs or exerted a broader impact on teacher preparation than you--- and you have brought a special passion to seeking the most effective ways of selecting and preparing teachers who can work successfully with diverse, low-income children in city schools.."

We at the Haberman Educational Foundation are pleased to disseminate the work of this distinguished educator. The Foundation has had a remarkable impact in the last ten years and our efforts are making an impact in school districts nationally for those who are searching for better ways to find the "Star" teachers and "Star" principals Dr. Haberman refers to in his notable research.

Our vision is a future in which all children and  youth of America will have a competent teacher and the effective school leaders they deserve. We believe that can be accomplished by having school leaders and educators embrace the research of Martin Haberman.

We hope you enjoy reading our first publication!

Sincerely,

Delia Stafford
President
Haberman  Educational Foundation, Inc.

For advanced orders contact: The Haberman Foundation d.staff@ix.netcom.com

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To: Delia Stafford
Subject: Re: Star teachers - Korea

Hello Delia,

I hope you are well.

Well, indeed. I finished "StarTeachers" over the weekend, and it was stunning. I intend to incorporate lots of what it talks about into my EFL Teaching Methodology course from now. I can't help that my student teachers are not as suitable as older, mature, diverse people with experience, but at least I can stimulate reflection and discussion about the qualities of star teachers. I would characterise my students as fairly mature (due to the Korean culture of responsibility and respect), so I feel that this approach will have some benefit for them.

It is very good to see Dr. Haberman making all his points firmly and unequivocally. This sort of straight talking is very much needed in education. It is also good to see him describing the beaurocracy and resultant institutionalization of failure in schools.

But you know all this. You know how important the book is. I'm seriously thinking of writing a book review for the KoreaTESOL Journal, since I feel that this book has definite relevance to the position of EFL teachers in Korea.

Andrew Finch