Teach: Tony Danza - Fridays on A&E beginning 10/01/10
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Teach: Tony Danza - Fridays on A&E beginning 10/01/10
From A&E.com;
Long before his iconic acting career, which includes roles in “Taxi” and “Who’s The Boss,” Tony Danza received a degree in History Education. During the 2009-2010 school year, he took on his most challenging and rewarding role yet as he stepped into the classroom as a full-time teacher at Philadelphia’s Northeast High School. “Teach: Tony Danza” follows the first year-teacher as he instructs a 10th-grade English class with 26 students in back-to-back 45-minute periods.
The series will look at the challenges Danza faced and the rewards he experienced as a first-year high school teacher. Under the watchful eye of Northeast Principal Linda Carroll and in-classroom teaching coach David Cohn, Danza applied incredible creativity and ceaseless dedication in his day-to-day tasks of planning lessons and executing them in the classroom, administering quizzes and exams, grading homework, eng aging in small learning communities with other faculty, and meeting with parents. Beyond the real-life duties of teaching, Danza took on quite a few additional roles outside the classroom including helping the football team, the band, and the debate team, and organizing a successful fundraiser for the school. And he became a true member of the Philadelphia community, partaking in events with the mayor, singing the national anthem at a Phillies game and lending his support to a variety of charity and fundraising events.
The series will look at the challenges Danza faced and the rewards he experienced as a first-year high school teacher. Under the watchful eye of Northeast Principal Linda Carroll and in-classroom teaching coach David Cohn, Danza applied incredible creativity and ceaseless dedication in his day-to-day tasks of planning lessons and executing them in the classroom, administering quizzes and exams, grading homework, eng aging in small learning communities with other faculty, and meeting with parents. Beyond the real-life duties of teaching, Danza took on quite a few additional roles outside the classroom including helping the football team, the band, and the debate team, and organizing a successful fundraiser for the school. And he became a true member of the Philadelphia community, partaking in events with the mayor, singing the national anthem at a Phillies game and lending his support to a variety of charity and fundraising events.
I wasn't even aware of this show until about 15 minutes ago, but I think it looks pretty decent. I've always been a fan of Danza, and he looks really earnest with the kids in the clips I just watched.
Last edited by MrSmearkase; 09-30-10 at 06:50 PM.
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Re: Teach: Tony Danza - Fridays on A&E beginning 10/01/10
I wonder how effective and dedicated most high school teachers would be if they only had 2 classes a day to plan/grade/teach (and had another full-time teacher in the room with them at all times).
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I know, remove the colon from the title and you have an SNL sketch.
I googled a few reviews, and they are fairly positive towards the show. Another story I read noted that Danza stuck around after production had wrapped and finished the school year with his classroom.
I googled a few reviews, and they are fairly positive towards the show. Another story I read noted that Danza stuck around after production had wrapped and finished the school year with his classroom.
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Re: Teach: Tony Danza - Fridays on A&E beginning 10/01/10
Indeed, the school system would likely be much more efficient with more hands on deck. No arguments here.
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