I Choose To Stay: A Black Teacher Refuses to Desert the Inner City (SIGNED COPY) by Thomas-EL, Salome; Murphey, Cecil - 2004

New York, NY: Kensington, 2004. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean SIGNED COPY! Flatsigned by the author on the title page! Full-color pictorial wrapper with gold and white lettering. 304 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages! "The challenges of working in an urban school are not for every teacher. Some get burnt out fast. Some lose sight of why they started teaching in the first place. Some find their calling in other neighborhoods...with other kids. But not Salome Thomas-El. A Teacher at Roberts Vaux Middle School in Philadelphia's inner city, he chose to stay. Gripping, poignant, and honest, this is his blistering real-life tale of mentoring and making a difference-and how the reformation of America's educational system can start with just one school...." (SIGNED COPY).