Tips for Creating a Manageable Classroom: Understanding Your Students’ Basic Needs

Author's Bio:

Julie Landsman is a teacher and writer who has worked in special settings for students having difficulty in the classroom, as well as teaching in regular high schools and junior high schools. Landsman has traveled around the country talking to groups of teachers and administrators interested in working in positive ways with students who fail in traditional classrooms. Her book Basic Needs: A Year with Street Kids in a City School won a Minnesota Book Award and has received many positive national reviews. Landsman is the recipient of numerous writing awards, including a Minnesota State Arts Board grant.