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The Basic School: A Community for Learning

ISBN: 978-0-931050-48-0
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288 pages
November 1995, Jossey-Bass
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Acknowledgments vii

Trustees of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching xiv

Preface xv

The Vision of the Basic School xxi

Prologue: A New Beginning 3

I The School as Community.

A Shared Vision 15

Teachers as Leaders 31

Parents as Partners 47

II A Curriculum with Coherence.

The Centrality of Language 65

The Core Commonalities 81

Measuring Results 103

III A Climate for Learning.

Patterns to Fit Purpose 119

Resources to Enrich 137

Services for Children 153

IV A Commitment to Character.

The Core Virtues 173

Living with Purpose 187

Appendix A Further Acknowledgments 197

Appendix B Technical Notes 203

Notes 209

Index 247

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