A review by heremireadz
Adequate Yearly Progress by Roxanna Elden

4.0

This satirical look at the modern day school and classroom reveals the challenges of the education world today while also humanizing teachers in a departure from the "teacher as savior" narrative. Teachers and other school workers from any district, state, type of school (urban, suburban, charter, etc.) will relate to the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes Elden's characters face in and out of the school setting, and may even see a reflection of themselves or a colleague in one of the main characters. The specific school wide "initiatives" and experiences of the characters are exaggerated while also being eerily realistic, an impressive feat.

Everyone's had a teacher, so everyone thinks they know what it's like to be one- but unless you live it, you have no idea. Reading this book might give non-teachers a small glimpse into that world.

*I received an ARL copy of this book for free in a Goodreads giveaway.