What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World

The right book at the right time: an impassioned defense of teachers and why our society needs them now more than ever.<p>Former middle-school teacher and teachers' advocate Taylor Mali struck a chord with his passionate response to a man at a dinner party who asked him what kind of salary teachers make-a poetic rant that has been seen and forwarded millions of times on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.</p><p>Based on the poem that inspired a movement, <i>What Teachers Make</i> is Mali's sharp, funny, reflective, critical call to arms about the joys of teaching and why teachers are so vital to America today. It's a book that will be treasured and shared by every teacher in America-and everyone who's ever loved or learned from one.</p>