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Editorial Reviews
From Library Journal
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
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Tom Peters, author of In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies
[An] incredible-imaginative-passionate tale of how America’s educational approach can be reformed....This is a Great Book. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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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
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Tom Peters, author of In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies
[An] incredible-imaginative-passionate tale of how America’s educational approach can be reformed....This is a Great Book. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
See all Editorial Reviews
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