"The coolest school in America" : how small learning communities are changing everything /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Thomas, Doug, 1952-, Enloe, Walter, 1949-, Newell, Ronald J.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Md. : ScarecrowEducation, 2005.
Subjects:	Minnesota New Country School (Henderson, Minn.) > Case studies. Education > Minnesota > Henderson > Experimental methods > Case studies. Charter schools > Minnesota > Henderson > Planning > Case studies. Project method in teaching > Minnesota > Henderson > Case studies. Individualized instruction > Minnesota > Henderson > Case studies. Education, Secondary > Minnesota > Henderson > Case studies.

Table of Contents:

Introduction / by Ron Newell
Little did we know / by Doug Thomas
Putting ideas to work / by Doug Thomas
Student ownership : teacher ownership / by Ron Newell
The EdVisions Project approach : facilitating student choice / by Ron Newell
Building learning community : the conscious pursuit of an idea / by Walter Enloe
Democratic circles / by Darrol Bussler
Experiential learning : why project-based learning works / by Scott Wurdinger
Teaching excellence through place-based projects / by James Lewicki
Some results of the learning communities
MNCS graduates : telling lived stories / by Peg Lonngquist, Vivian Johnson, and Walter Enloe
Constituting a democratic learning community : the Avalon experience / by Carrie Bakken, Caitlin Rude, and Andrea Martin
Why are these schools cool? : voices of the students and parents / by Ron Newell.