One Kid at a Time: Big Lessons from a Small School (Series on School Reform) [Paperback]

Eliot Levine (Author), Tom Peters (Author), Ted Sizer (Author), Tom Peters (Author), Ted Sizer (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0807741531 | ISBN-13: 978-0807741535 | Publication Date: November 1, 2001

This work weaves compelling stories and narrative into new possibilities for American education. All students at the Met School have a personalized curriculum, where they stay with the same teacher for four years. This work offers ideas and strategies for improving schools.

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Imagine a high school where there are no classes, grades, or tests; where each teacher is responsible for only 14 students, and students stay with the same teacher all four years; where the learning style of each student is accommodated; and where students complete internships in the real world based on their interests. This is the concept practiced at the Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center (the Met), a public high school in Providence, RI. Students are selected from a lottery of applicants and come from a variety of economic and academic backgrounds. Levine, who immersed himself in the Met for two years, describes the school's first four years. It's to be expected that such a unique school would have its critics, but few could argue with the school's successes. Even its creators say that it's not the answer to all that ails American education, but they believe that it holds many of those answers among them, small, personalized schools, teachers and administrators who know the students well, and a focus on learning through the students' interests. Levine succeeds in bringing the Met to life for readers. Most libraries will welcome this volume into their collection. Terry Christner, Hutchinson P.L., KS
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... lets us in and satisfies our need to understand [how] to connect kids to lives of learning and success. --Horace, Fall 2001, Volume 18, Issue 1

Levine succeeds in bringing the Met to life for readers. Libraries will welcome this volume into their collection. --Library Journal, February 1, 2002

Proves that urban children can achieve at high levels if educators are given the license to implement what works. --Hugh Price, President, National Urban League

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Product Details

• Paperback: 170 pages
• Publisher: Teachers College Press (November 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807741531
• ISBN-13: 978-0807741535
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #669,435 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book!, November 5, 2001

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This review is from: One Kid at a Time: Big Lessons from a Small School (Series on School Reform) (Paperback)

Any one interested in creating an education system that is child centered, flexible and interesting should read this book.
The Met, a public highschool in Providence, RI., is the focus of a 2 year study by the author that culminated in this book. This is a special place where real learning takes place and children are valued for their interests and their individualism.
It almost makes me want to go back to highschool or atleast move to Providence so that my children can go there. Thank you to the author, eliot Levine, and to everyone associated at the Met for being brave enough to go against the tide and create a school that will hopefully be the model for all schools in the future.