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When the Light Goes On

The Life-Changing Wonder of Learning in an Age of Metrics, Screens, and Diminished Human Connection

by Mike Rose
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The final work from one of the most beloved voices in American education explores stories and lessons of transformative experiences in education
For more than a generation, American education has been structured as though it was built of and for concepts, not people. This has transformed education into a vast assessment, scoring, and ranking enterprise; a sales platform for high-tech entrepreneurs; and a fiercely competitive arena of advantage and status that grinds the poor and propels the middle class into debt.
In When the Light Goes On, educator Mike Rose features the stories of people of all ages and backgrounds to illuminate how education has added meaning to their lives. The inspiring stories include:
  • A supermarket checker whose job wore away his soul takes a remedial math class that starts him on a path to architecture school
  • A young man badly injured in a motorcycle accident finds both rehabilitation and a career in a welding program
  • A transgender youth’s odyssey to self-definition extends though courses in social sciences and campus advocacy groups
  • A Native American athlete finds graduate study as a way to use her celebrity to articulate the needs of her people

    • When the Light Goes On helps us dig through the discord and fragmentation of school politics and policy to reclaim the mind and heart of education. Through various students’ stories and his own, Rose provides an urgent reminder of the core purpose of education: to learn about ourselves and the world around us, to spark new interests, and to experience with guidance both the fulfillment and the uncertainty of exploring our limits—all in the service of creating a meaningful life.

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      February 28, 2023

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        • ISBN: 9780807008546

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        • ISBN: 9780807008546
        • File size: 1242 KB

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      • English

    • Reviews

      • Library Journal

        Starred review from December 16, 2022

        Five years in the making, Rose's (Back to School: Why Everyone Deserves a Second Chance at Education) book is both an ode to the profession of education and a testament to the importance of individual learning experiences. Based on interviews with a multitude of Americans, it investigates the aha moments when something just clicks in a person's schooling. In the book, the author, who died in 2021, examines his own reawakening in a senior high school English class in conjunction with the teacher who taught that class. Reflecting on his high school notes, papers, and memories, and his teacher's remembrances and observations, the author lays the groundwork for exploring similar moments in the lives of others. He concludes that society needs a binocular view of education in order to facilitate these moments for more students. Such a view would include acknowledging barriers and needed supports but also realizing the current potential opportunity present in every situation. Neither a simple fix book nor an elegy to despair, the author reminds readers that learning is a fundamental human endeavor that's necessary for all. VERDICT Highly recommended for all education collections.--Karen Bordonaro

        Copyright 2022 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

      • Booklist

        February 1, 2023
        This exploration of ""aha moments""--times of new breakthroughs in understanding or life-changing sparks of inspiration--comes from educator and prolific author Rose (Lives On the Boundary,2005), who passed away in 2021. Rose's interviews with 100 people of diverse ages, ethnicities, and economic backgrounds about their personal moments of revelation form the basis of the book. These relatable stories intertwine with his own ongoing reminiscences of Mr. McFarland, the twelfth-grade English teacher who changed the author's life. Many of the stories involve a teacher who saw something, said something, or demanded something extra from a student; others reveal moments of self-realization in the real world, whether in prison, during occupational therapy, or just sitting in a diner. Rose states that social and financial inequities between rich and poor districts are regrettable, but the really dangerous differences are the idealogical beliefs about the capabilities of kids from disadvantaged backgrounds. He ends with calls for educational reform, specifically for more opportunities to let students ""explore, connect, and question."" His inspiring accounts offer strong testimony.

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