Joy Kirr is just awesome. She is a Language Arts middle school teacher in Arlington Heights, IL and author of this fantastic book. Check out her twitter chat sometime on Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. #ShiftThis
The picture you see to the left is a mission statement I created last summer after I read Shift This. While this book is not written for music educators, I found its contents relevant and thought provoking. Here is a blog post I write after reading the book.