"The coolest school in America" : how small learning communities are changing everything / edited by Doug Thomas, Walter Enloe and Ron Newell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thomas, Doug, 1952-

Enloe, Walter, 1949-

Newell, Ronald J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minnesota New Country School (Henderson, Minn.)--Case studies.

Minnesota New Country School (Henderson, Minn.).

Education--Minnesota--Henderson--Experimental methods--Case studies.

Education.

Charter schools--Minnesota--Henderson--Planning--Case studies.

Charter schools.

Project method in teaching--Minnesota--Henderson--Case studies.

Project method in teaching.

Individualized instruction--Minnesota--Henderson--Case studies.

Individualized instruction.

Education, Secondary--Minnesota--Henderson--Case studies.

Education, Secondary.

Planning.

Minnesota--Henderson.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

ix, 164 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : ScarecrowEducation, 2005.

Summary:

This book describes the creation of and development of learning communities that are changing the conversation about what schools can be and do.

Contents:

Introduction / by Ron Newell

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 a 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

MNCS graduates : telling lived stories / Vivian Johnson, Peg Lonngquist 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1578861861

OCLC:

55847504