Bold Plans for School Restructuring: The New American Schools Designs (Paperback)

Contents: Acknowledgments. S. Stringfield, S. Ross, L. Smith, Introduction: Bold Plans for School Restructuring: Nine Designs from New American Schools. D.T. Kearns, J.L. Anderson, Sharing the Vision: Creating New American Schools. A. Cohen, J. Jordan, The Audrey Cohen College System of Education(R): Purpose-Centered Education. C.J. Orrell, ATLAS Communities: Authentic Teaching, Learning, and Assessment for All Students. B. Goldberg, J. Richards, The Co-NECT Design for School Change. M. Campbell, E. Cousins, G. Farrell, M. Kamii, D. Lam, L. Rugen, D. Udall, The Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound Design. R. Heady, S. Kilgore, The Modern Red Schoolhouse. R. Rothman, Reformat All Levels: National Alliance for Restructuring Education. R.E. Slavin, N.A. Madden, B.A. Wasik, Roots and Wings: Universal Excellence in Elementary Education. W.B. Jennings, Community Learning Centers. J. Johnson, J. McDonald, Los Angeles Learning Centers: An Initiative of Los Angeles Unified School District, United Teachers Los Angeles, and Los Angeles Educational Partnership. S. Bodilly, Lessons Learned: RAND's Formative Assessment of NAS's Phase 2 Demonstration Effort. Appendix: Contact Information for New American Schools and the Design Teams.