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Elizabeth Rose
Biography
Breaking news: "Yo Miz!" is a TRIPLE WINNER for "Best Non Fiction" and "Best New Voice/Non Fiction": National Indie Excellence Awards (Gold), Ben Franklin Award (Silver) IPBA and Non Fiction Book Awards (Bronze).
Elizabeth Rose swore she would never follow the advice of her parents, both teachers, and become a teacher, too. But in between creating music and comedy for stage, film and TV, she took a gig teaching songwriting in a NYC public high school. Her students, mostly from the projects, ignited her with their energy and raw creativity. Frustrated by the school's outdated technology and lack of a music program, she raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in tech grants enabling her kids to create DVD yearbooks and record original songs. When her job was cut, she was given the choice of substituting in a different school each week--or resigning. She almost resigned. Then she realized that this assignment would give her access to a unique story. So she stayed. And wrote it. She hopes her late parents are having an unearthly chuckle.
Elizabeth Rose swore she would never follow the advice of her parents, both teachers, and become a teacher, too. But in between creating music and comedy for stage, film and TV, she took a gig teaching songwriting in a NYC public high school. Her students, mostly from the projects, ignited her with their energy and raw creativity. Frustrated by the school's outdated technology and lack of a music program, she raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in tech grants enabling her kids to create DVD yearbooks and record original songs. When her job was cut, she was given the choice of substituting in a different school each week--or resigning. She almost resigned. Then she realized that this assignment would give her access to a unique story. So she stayed. And wrote it. She hopes her late parents are having an unearthly chuckle.
Where to find Elizabeth Rose online
Website: http://www.elizabethrosemusic.com
Twitter: @yomizthebook
Facebook: Facebook profile
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Blog: http://www.yomizthebook.com
Twitter: @yomizthebook
Facebook: Facebook profile
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Blog: http://www.yomizthebook.com
Where to buy in print
Books
YO MIZ! (1 teacher + 25 schools = 1 wacky year)
by Elizabeth Rose
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 112,510.
Language:
English.
Published: September 2, 2014
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs
(5.00 from 1 review)
What’s really going on in our public school classrooms?
Good question.
- Journalists are not allowed in…
- Teachers risk punishment if they speak out…
- School administrators will only share the good stuff…
- Most lawmakers? Clueless.
Yo Miz! has the answer.
Yo Miz! is the seriously funny memoir of an unconventional “edu-tainer,” assigned to teach at 25 Manhattan public high schools.
Fa real!