With little training under his belt, Nicholson Baker signed up to become a substitute teacher in Maine. This hour, as a part of KERA’s American Graduate initiative, we’ll talk with him about the unique view substitute teachers have into our public schools – and about how to improve daily life in the classroom – which he writes about in “Substitute: Going to School With a Thousand Kids” (Blue Rider Press).
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