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James P. Comer, M.D., is Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Yale Child Study Center and associate dean at the Yale University School of Medicine. He is the author or editor of many books and articles, including more than 150 articles for Parents magazine. Dr. Comer has served as a consultant to the Children's Television Workshop and the Public Committee on Mental Health and as a member of the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, Carnegie Forum on Education and the Economy. He has been awarded numerous honors, including the prestigious Heinz Award in the Human Condition for his profound influence on disadvantaged children.
Foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | vii | ||
Acknowledgments | xvii | ||
ONE Right Church, Wrong Pew | 1 | (23) | |
TWO Voices from the School House | 24 | (26) | |
THREE Change and Challenges | 50 | (32) | |
FOUR The New World | 82 | (12) | |
FIVE Living In and Learning About Schools | 94 | (15) | |
SIX The Framework | 109 | (38) | |
SEVEN Development, Learning, and Democracy | 147 | (20) | |
EIGHT But Can It Fly? | 167 | (17) | |
NINE Flight School | 184 | (20) | |
TEN Flight | 204 | (37) | |
ELEVEN The Price We Pay | 241 | (26) | |
TWELVE To Leave No Child Behind | 267 | (30) | |
Notes | 297 | (10) | |
Bibliography | 307 | (6) | |
Index | 313 |
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