Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Teaching in the School Room -- John Faggi, prep-school English teacher -- Lynette Wayne, first-grade teacher -- Steven Levy, fourth-grade teacher -- Kathleen Engle, middle-school physical-education teacher -- Deirdre Grode, seventh- and eighth-grade language arts and social studies teacher -- Paul Karafiol, high-school math teacher -- Mike Auerbach, high-school biology and chemistry teacher -- David Lazerson, special-education teacher -- 2 Teaching in the College Classroom -- Eric Mazur, physics professor -- Ellen Peffley, horticulture professor -- Father Thomas Buckley, theology professor -- William Gass, philosophy professor -- Susan Moeller, journalism professor -- Jack Metzgar, teacher, adult education -- 3 Teaching the Healers -- Leslie Hilger, teacher of residents in dermatology -- Allan Friedman, professor, undergraduates and neurosurgery residents -- Craig Campbell, teacher, psychiatry residents -- 4 Teaching the Creators and Performers -- Alexandre Sacha Pavlata, teacher, circus arts -- Suki Schorer, ballet teacher -- Keith Carter, photography teacher -- David Kelsey, piano and voice teacher -- Lan Samantha Chang, creative writing teacher -- Martin Landau, acting teacher -- 5 Teaching the Fixers and Makers -- Kina McAfee, instructor, apprentice carpenter program -- Ralph Salemme, high-school teacher, heating and plumbing -- Dieter Schorner, professor of baking and pastry arts -- Doug Butler, teacher of farriery -- 6 Teaching the Athletes -- Tom Nordland, teacher of basketball shooting -- Arthur Lane, fencing teacher -- Mike Hileman, alligator wrestling trainer -- Mark Wolocatiuk, racecar driving instructor -- Ron Washington, major league baseball manager -- 7 Growing the Body and Spirit -- Lokita Carter, Tantra teacher -- Jan Chozen Bays, Zen teacher -- Robert Smith, professor, divinity school.

Catherine Rose, exotic dance teacher -- Tlahuitollini (Ernesto Colín Álvarez), Spanish teacher,Aztec dance teacher -- 8 Teaching at the Bottom and on the Edge -- Jeannette Riley, teacher, the Clemente Program -- Betty Martin, teacher in women's prison -- Shaina Traisman, meditation and yoga teacher in jails and prisons -- Rhodessa Jones, teacher in women's jails -- 9 Teaching the Protectors -- Gunnery Sergeant Daniel Fuson, drill instructor, Marine Corps -- Rob Magao, martial-arts teacher to civilians and law enforcement personnel -- Vince Dunn, teacher of firefighting -- Kathy Mitchell, teacher, FBI Academy -- 10 Teaching in the Corridors of Power -- Michael Ansa, corporate consultant -- Emil Jones, political mentor -- Michael Bell, corporate consultant -- Hannah Riley Bowles, professor, executive education programs -- George Shultz, political mentor -- David King, director, Program for Newly Elected Members of Congress -- Acknowledgments.