"This classic teacher memoir and primer for new teachers has been updated to address a global pandemic, book banning, the influence of mass incarceration on schooling, and more"--

William Ayers, Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago (retired), is an activist and scholar currently teaching courses in writing and the art of the personal essay with the Prison + Neighborhood Arts/Education Project in Chicago. His books include Teaching the Taboo: Courage and Imagination in the Classroom (with Rick Ayers), To Teach: The Journey, in Comics (with Ryan Alexander-Tanner), and about Becoming a Teacher.