With a new afterword.

“The best book about teachers, children, and writing I have ever read. No one has said so many things that need to be said better” - Philip Pullman

Kate Clanchy wants to change the world and believes that school is a great place to do it. She invites you to meet some of the children she has taught during her thirty-year career.

Join her as she explains everything about sex to a class of thirteen-year-olds. As she works in the school's "Inclusion Unit," trying to improve the fortunes of kids who have been excluded from regular classes because of their alarming ability to bring learning to a halt in a moment. Or as she nurtures the multicultural poetry group, filled with migrants and refugees, watching them find their voices and produce works of touching brilliance.

While Clanchy does not shy away from the pressing humiliations or hide the painful failures, she celebrates this creative, passionate, and practically useful work. Teaching today is often undervalued, belittled, and dramatically underfunded. The book “Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me” will show you why this shouldn’t be the case.

Winner of the Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2020

Pages: 304, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm