The Students are Watching

by SIZER, THEODORESIZER, NANCY FAUST

• ISBN13: 9780807031216
• ISBN10: 0807031216
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-07-15
• Publisher: Beacon Press

Summary

Students learn not just from their classes but from their school's routines and rituals, especially about matters of character, the authors claim in this groundbreaking book. They maintain that to raise teens that can make wise decisions, we need to create schools that consistently demonstrate a belief in students.

Author Biography

Theodore Sizer (1932-2009) and Nancy Sizer were coprincipals of the Parker Charter High School. Ted was founder of the Coalition of Essential Schools, dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and University Professor emeritus at Brown University. His books include Horace's Compromise, Horace's School, and Horace's Hope. Nancy, who spent twenty-five years as a classroom teacher, is author of Crossing the Stage. Together they are authors of The Students Are Watching.

Table of Contents

Preface: Watching	xi
Modeling	1	(18)
Grappling	19	(20)
Bluffing	39	(19)
Sorting	58	(23)
Shoving	81	(18)
Fearing	99	(17)
Afterword: Thinking	116	(6)
Sources	122	(7)
Notes	129	(4)
Acknowledgments	133