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When Sally Iverson stumbled into special education after a career in fashion, she had no idea she was falling down a rabbit hole that would consume the next twenty-five years of her life. What began as survival in chaotic classrooms evolved into something far more complicated: a firsthand education in how America’s special education system fails the children it promises to serve.
From driving a van full of traumatized students to navigating federal investigations, from fighting for English Language Learners to exposing financial misconduct at the district level, Iverson documents what special education professionals, parents of children with disabilities, and education policymakers rarely see in print: the gap between what the law requires and what actually happens behind closed doors.
The Unlikely Teacher is a memoir about grit, institutional betrayal, and the relentless cost of speaking truth inside a system designed to silence it. It is also a call to action—for teachers who need to be heard, for parents who deserve a real partner, and for a system long overdue for honest reckoning. This is the book the education world has been waiting for someone brave enough to write.
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Writer: Iverson, Sally
Release Date: 2027-06-16
FOC Date: 2027-05-12
Page Count: 256
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SKU: 9798896364627
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