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Our school : searching for community in the era of choice / Sam Chaltain ; foreword by Sir Ken Robinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chaltain, Sam, author.
- Robinson, Ken, 1950-2020, author of introduction, etc.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School (Washington, D.C.).
- Public schools--Washington (D.C.)--Case studies.
- Public schools.
- Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School (Washington, D.C.)--Case studies.
- Bancroft Elementary School (Washington, D.C.).
- Community and school--Washington (D.C.).
- Community and school.
- Washington (D.C.).
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 191 pages ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Searching for community in the era of choice
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Teachers College Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- Almost every major American city is experimenting with school choice - a deeply controversial idea that is dramatically reshaping public education. Will the wider array of school options help parents and educators identify better strategies for helping all children learn? Or will the high stakes of the marketplace end up privatising this most public of institutions? Education activist Sam Chaltain believes that before we can answer these questions, we must put a human face on the modern landscape of teaching and learning. Our School documents a year in the life of two schools in the nation's capital - one a new charter school just opening its doors, the other a neighbourhood school that first opened in 1924. Chaltain weaves together the observations and emotions of the people whose lives intersect there, and the triumphs and the challenges they experience. The result is an unsettling, complex portrayal of American public education. Our School is important reading for educational policymakers, administrators, parents, the media, and anyone who aspires to be a teacher.
- Contents:
- Part 1. Fall
- The first day
- Out of many
- The known world
- What I see
- Building a house
- Part 2. Spring
- Our school
- Something given
- Crisis at Bancroft
- Playing the game
- Vuela, vuela Mariposa!
- Epilogue: now what?.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-186) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807755310
- 0807755311
- 0807755591
- 9780807755594
- OCLC:
- 871319813
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