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

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

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 recognition that a new and different form of public school is no longer a luxury." —James Traub, The New Yorker

"Written in prose that runs like a clear stream past the sludge of educational discourse. . . .The fate of public education today depends on whether we listen to . . . the Deborah Meiers of the land." —Joseph Featherstone, The Nation

"A fiery manifesto of Meier's plan for the salvation of public education." —Los Angeles Times

"A book not of blueprints and slogans, but of essays-reflective and analytical. The Power of Their Ideas is the product of a lively mind." —The Washington Post

"Anyone who wants to get insight into the current waves of endless 'reform' debate should read it." —Philadelphia Inquirer
Language
English
Pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Beacon Press
Release
August 16, 2002
ISBN
0807031135
ISBN 13
9780807031131

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

Deborah Meier
4.1/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
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 recognition that a new and different form of public school is no longer a luxury." —James Traub, The New Yorker

"Written in prose that runs like a clear stream past the sludge of educational discourse. . . .The fate of public education today depends on whether we listen to . . . the Deborah Meiers of the land." —Joseph Featherstone, The Nation

"A fiery manifesto of Meier's plan for the salvation of public education." —Los Angeles Times

"A book not of blueprints and slogans, but of essays-reflective and analytical. The Power of Their Ideas is the product of a lively mind." —The Washington Post

"Anyone who wants to get insight into the current waves of endless 'reform' debate should read it." —Philadelphia Inquirer
Language
English
Pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Beacon Press
Release
August 16, 2002
ISBN
0807031135
ISBN 13
9780807031131

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