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Standards of Mind and Heart: Creating the Good High School

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This is the remarkable story of the creation of a new kind of high school that truly aspires to educate all students to high standards. Believing that a deeply personalized culture can prevent the senseless violence that has invaded many public schools, educators at Souhegan High School in Amherst, New Hampshire set out to create a safe, caring, and academically rigorous school. In this volume, Peggy Silva (a teacher) and Robert A. Mackin (a principal) chronicle their experiences as they worked through the many challenges that ultimately resulted in this extraordinarily successful school. Featuring their honest reflections and the voices of other participants, this book:1.Portrays a real public high school (not a small alternative school) that is successfully implementing most of the reform practices recommended by national reform models. 2.Demonstrates how schools can strike a balance between the need for stricter safety measures and the social and emotional needs of each student, thus avoiding violent outbursts in schools.3. Details the school?s structure, curriculum, professional culture, and systems of accountability for all students in a heterogeneous, inclusionary setting.4.Describes the use of teaming, advisory groups, exhibitions, and senior projects. 5.Provides a working model of the Breaking Ranks recommendations, including the importance of personalization and democracy in education.(From Teacher's College Press Website)

• Cataloged: 2003-01-25
• Contributor: mailto:[email protected]
• Created: 2002-04
• Author/Creator: Teachers College Press
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Rights: Silva, Peggy and
• Source: Teachers College Press
• Resource Availability: 200 OK

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• Beneficiary: Learning organization / school system: Higher Education
• Beneficiary: Learning organization / school system: Teacher Preparation Programs
• Beneficiary: Region: Professional Associations
• Educational Type: Best practice
• Language: English
• Learning Type: Narrative Text
• Network/channel: Urban Teacher Education
• Network/channel: Urban Teacher Education: Continuing Professional Growth: Communities of Practice
• Network/channel: Urban Teacher Education: Continuing Professional Growth: Teacher Leadership
• Resource Type: Text

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