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The Power of Their Ideas: Lessons for America from a Small School in Harlem
by Meier, Deborah
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0807031100
- ISBN 13
- 9780807031100
- Seller
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Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Beacon Press, 1995. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Mild coverwear and shelfwear. Fine interior, 190 clean, crisp and tight pages.
Synopsis
Deborah Meier's acclaimed first book, with a new preface "The founder and principal of excellent small schools in East Harlem . . . Meier wants to make all students capable of participating in and sustaining a democracy. . . . Doubters must read Deborah Meier to take a look at that success up close, to watch it begin and grow and flourish." —Lorene Cary, The New York Times Book Review "Meier pledges her faith 'in the extraordinary untapped capacities of all our children'; but, unlike so many radical reformers, she is also firmly rooted in the reality of the classroom. . . .What has propelled people like Meier from the periphery to the center of the ongoing school debate is the recognition that a new and different form of public school is no longer a luxury." —James Traub, The New Yorker "Written in prose that runs like a clear stream past the sludge of educational discourse. . . .The fate of public education today depends on whether we listen to . . . the Deborah Meiers of the land." —Joseph Featherstone, The Nation "A fiery manifesto of Meier's plan for the salvation of public education." —Los Angeles Times "A book not of blueprints and slogans, but of essays-reflective and analytical. The Power of Their Ideas is the product of a lively mind." —The Washington Post "Anyone who wants to get insight into the current waves of endless 'reform' debate should read it." —Philadelphia Inquirer
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Details
- Bookseller
- Taos Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13364
- Title
- The Power of Their Ideas: Lessons for America from a Small School in Harlem
- Author
- Meier, Deborah
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0807031100
- ISBN 13
- 9780807031100
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- EDUCATION AIMS OBJECTIVES EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Education;
- X weight
- 27 oz
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