“Same As It Never Was” is an account of Gregory Michie’s return to teaching Middle School in Chicago Public Schools. Michie left teaching to become a university professor, teaching the next generation of teachers. Although hesitant to return to teaching, Michie accepted is old/new position at an inner city, high minority public school in south-side Chicago. Against the backdrop of teacher strikes and anti-testing protests, the movement for Black lives and the deepening of anti-immigrant sentiment, this book invites readers into an award-winning teacher’s classroom as he struggles to teach towards equity and justice in a time where both are elusive for too many children in our nation’s schools. (from description) For many teachers, this book resonates as real life; and for non-educators, this book is a wake-up call for them to be more active in their school communities.
