ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS by Roxanna Elden
Atria Books | On Sale: February 11, 2020 | ISBN: 978-1-9821-3502-7| $16.99 | Trade Paperback Original
With over a decade of experience as a public school teacher and nationwide speaker on educational topics, Roxanna Elden a lot to say about the Hollywood version of the teacher story, where one self-sacrificing hero battles her terrible colleagues to save the kids. Real-life teaching raises much more complex questions, and the characters aren’t so easily cast as heroes and villains.
This is what inspired Elden’s debut novel, a brilliantly entertaining and moving story that switches perspectives among a diverse group of teachers and offers a humorous, panoramic inside look at our education system.
ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS focuses on Brae Hill Valley, a struggling high school in Houston, Texas. On top of the familiar educational challenges each school year brings, teachers face their own personal trials, which may finally spill over into their classrooms.
Perfect for readers who love to explore unfamiliar worlds they would never otherwise experience, fans of satirical writers like Laurie Gelman and Tom Perrotta, and seasoned educators who will relate to and chuckle at every page, ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS is an amusing and perceptive workplace comedy that captures the essence of teaching.
This novel takes a humorous look at a struggling school and its teachers. While the characters seemed a little too over exaggerated, this was fun to read!
As a teacher, I found a lot of the circumstances and characters familiar, if a bit over the top. I wanted to see how these teachers ended up! I'm not sure non-teachers would really get this, but if you are or a family member is a teacher, one click!
As a teacher, I found a lot of the circumstances and characters familiar, if a bit over the top. I wanted to see how these teachers ended up! I'm not sure non-teachers would really get this, but if you are or a family member is a teacher, one click!
