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Philadelphia Friends Schools / Friends Council on Education with Janet Chance and Mark Franek.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Campus history series
- The campus history series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Society of Friends--Education--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Region--History.
- Society of Friends.
- Quakers--Education--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Region--History.
- Quakers.
- Education--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Region--History.
- Education.
- Schools--History--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Region.
- Schools.
- History.
- Quakers--Education.
- Society of Friends--Education.
- Pennsylvania.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Region.
- Physical Description:
- 127 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, SC : Arcadia, [2009]
- Summary:
- William Penn envisioned a society dedicated to religious toleration, participatory government, and liberty. Central to this Holy Experiment was his belief that all children deserved a moral education. In 1689, Penn established a Friends Public School in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Over the years, many Quakers have been similarly inspired, and today there are 81 member schools in the Friends Council on Education operating in 22 states. This book includes images from the 10 Friends schools founded in or near Philadelphia before the 20th century: Abington Friends School, Frankford Friends School, Friends Central School, Friends Select School, George School, Germantown Friends School, Greene Street Friends School, Plymouth Meeting Friends School, William Penn Charter School, and Westtown School. Philadelphia Friends Schools tells the photographic story of an educational philosophy rooted in three centuries of faith and practice.--Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- 1 Origins 11
- 2 Meeting for Worship 27
- 3 Inquiry and Innovation 35
- 4 Community and Collaboration 55
- 5 Experiential Learning 75
- 6 Peace and Social Justice 99
- 7 The Experiment Continues 113.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliography (page 126)
- ISBN:
- 9780738562421
- 0738562424
- OCLC:
- 276818524
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