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9780807031117

The Power of Their Ideas

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  • ISBN13:

    9780807031117

  • ISBN10:

    0807031119

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1996-09-01
  • Publisher: Heinemann

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Summary

Teaching the lessons of New York's most famous public school, Deborah Meier provides a widely acclaimed vision for the future of public education. With a new preface reflecting on the school's continuing success.

Author Biography

Deborah Meier is founder of the Central Park East Schools and the Mission Hill School in Boston. She has been a fellow at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform and is vice chair emeritus of the Coalition of Essential Schools. Her many awards include a MacArthur Prize Fellowship.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
In Defense of Public Education
3(12)
Central Park East: An Alternative Story
15(32)
The School at Work
47(20)
Myths, Lies, and Other Dangers
67(24)
Choice Can Save Public Education
91(16)
Small Schools
107(14)
Respect
121(18)
Reinventing Teaching
139(22)
It's Academic: Why Kids Don't Want to Be ``Well-Educated''
161(18)
On Failure, Persistence, and Public Education
179
Suggested Readings
187

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