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A micro-community approach to education with vision and valuesThe U.S. education system has remained somewhat static as the world changes furiously around it. The Basic School: A Community for Learning offers a model for the future. The classroom — and by extension, the school — is positioned as a little community focused on learning. Teachers are empowered with real leadership, parents are partners, resources are rich, and the curriculum is coherent and centralized. This book describes how to bring this dream-school into reality through a series of small steps forward that, over time, become a journey through progress.
ERNEST L. BOYERwas commissioner of education under President Jimmy Carter and served for 16 years as president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Acknowledgments vii Trustees of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching xivPreface xvThe Vision of the Basic School xxiPrologue: A New Beginning 3I The School as Community.A Shared Vision 15Teachers as Leaders 31Parents as Partners 47II A Curriculum with Coherence.The Centrality of Language 65The Core Commonalities 81Measuring Results 103III A Climate for Learning.Patterns to Fit Purpose 119Resources to Enrich 137Services for Children 153IV A Commitment to Character.The Core Virtues 173Living with Purpose 187Appendix A Further Acknowledgments 197Appendix B Technical Notes 203Notes 209Index 247