Power of Their Ideas Lessons for America from a Small School in Harlem

Name: Power of Their Ideas Lessons for America from a Small School in Harlem
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ISBN: 9780807031131

ISBN-10: 0807031135

ISBN-13: 9780807031131

Edition: 2001

Authors: Deborah Meier

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Deborah Meier's acclaimed first book, with a new preface "The founder and principal of excellent small schools in East Harlem . . . Meier wants to make all students capable of participating in and sustaining a democracy. . . . Doubters must read Deborah Meier to take a look at that success up close, to watch it begin and grow and flourish." -Lorene Cary, The New York Times Book Review "Meier pledges her faith 'in the extraordinary untapped capacities of all our children'; but, unlike so many radical reformers, she is also firmly rooted in the reality of the classroom. . . .What has propelled people like Meier from the periphery to the center of the ongoing school debate is the…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 8/16/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.56" wide x 8.51" long x 0.52" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Preface 2002


Preface 1995



In Defense of Public Education



Central park East: An Alternative Story



The School at Work



Myths, Lies, and Other Dangers



Choice Can Save Public Education



Small Schools



Respect



Reinventing Teaching



It's Academic: Why Kids Don't Want to Be "Well-Educated"



On Failure, Persistence, and Public Education


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