Description |
ix, 164 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents |
Little did we know / Doug Thomas -- Putting ideas to work / Doug Thomas -- Student ownership : teacher ownership / Ron Newell -- The EdVisions Project approach : facilitating student choice / Ron Newell -- Building learning community : the conscious pursuit of an idea / Walter Enloe -- Democratic circles / Darrol Bussler -- Experiential learning : why project-based learning works / Scott Wurdinger -- Teaching excellence through place-based projects / James Lewicki -- Some results of the learning communities -- MNCS graduates : telling lived stories / Peg Lonngquist, Vivian Johnson, and Walter Enloe -- Constituting a democratic learning community : the Avalon experience / Carrie Bakken and Andrea Martin, with Caitlin Rude -- Why are these schools cool? : voices of the students and parents / Ron Newell |
Summary |
"Imagine a school with no classrooms, bells, or textbooks where students work at their own pace, are not graded, and can decide what to study. Have you ever heard of a school where teachers are responsible for the learning program, hiring and retention of personnel, and success of the school? "The Coolest School in America": How Small Learning Communities Are Changing Everything describes the creation and development of learning communities that are changing the conversation about what schools can be and do."--BOOK JACKET |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Minnesota New Country School (Henderson, Minn.) -- Case studies.
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Education -- Minnesota -- Henderson -- Experimental methods -- Case studies
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Charter schools -- Minnesota -- Henderson -- Planning -- Case studies.
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Project method in teaching -- Minnesota -- Henderson -- Case studies.
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Individualized instruction -- Minnesota -- Henderson -- Case studies.
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Education, Secondary -- Minnesota -- Henderson -- Case studies.
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Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Author |
Enloe, Walter, 1949-
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Newell, Ronald J.
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Thomas, Doug, 1952-
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LC no. |
2004014504 |
ISBN |
1578861861 paperback alkaline paper |
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