How Communities Build Stronger Schools: Stories, Strategies and Promising Practices for Educating Every Child

by Anne Wescott Dodd, Jean L. Konzal, J. Konzal

Book Overview

If it takes a village to raise a child, Anne Wescott Dodd and Jean L. Konzal feel that it takes a community to make a school. Not content with the idea of a school being contained within four walls and existing only for a few hours every day, Dodd and Konzal know that a school which looks after the complete child exists far beyond its four walls and for the whole 24 hours in each day. They present a radical democratic vision of the public school where...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312238916
• ISBN13: 9780312238919
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 347 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

Realistic focus on education of today

Educational, realistic problem solving options. Direction of advancement in education by relating to present and future problems. Offers real stories and real advice that can be translated into any community. As a parent of four children, PTA supporter, and school board member, I highly recommend this book for all involved in education, from parents to superintendents.