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    In Schools We Trust

    Creating Communities of Learning in an era of Testing and Standardization

    Author Deborah Meier
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    $18.00 US
    Beacon Press
    On sale Aug 01, 2003 | 208 Pages | 9780807031513
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    A visionary look at trust and schools that takes on some of today’s hottest education issues-from testing to small schools-all grounded in stories of the innovative and hugely successful public schools Deborah Meier has famously founded.

    “A rich, nuanced reflection on trust and schooling that examines trust’s many layers. . . . A terrific, important book.” -Mike Rose, author of Possible Lives

    “A passionate, jargon-free plea for a rerouting of educational reform, sure to energize committed parents, progressive educators and maybe even a politician or two.” -Publishers Weekly

    “Listen carefully to Deborah Meier’s In Schools We Trust: She speaks to the heart of a school-and of democracy itself.” -Theodore R. Sizer, author of Horace’s Compromise and founder of the Coalition of Essential Schools.
    MacArthur Award-winning educator Deborah Meier is author of The Power of Their Ideas and Will Standards Save Public Education?. She lives in Hillsdale, New York, and Boston, Massachusetts
    Deborah Meier View titles by Deborah Meier
    'A rich, nuanced reflection on trust and schooling that examines trust's many layers. . . . A terrific, important book.' --Mike Rose, author of Possible Lives</>

    'A passionate, jargon-free plea for a rerouting of educational reform, sure to energize committed parents, progressive educators and maybe even a politician or two.' --Publishers Weekly

    'Listen carefully to Deborah Meier's In Schools We Trust: She speaks to the heart of a school-and of democracy itself.' --Theodore R. Sizer, author of Horace's Compromise and founder of the Coalition of Essential Schools.

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    A visionary look at trust and schools that takes on some of today’s hottest education issues-from testing to small schools-all grounded in stories of the innovative and hugely successful public schools Deborah Meier has famously founded.

    “A rich, nuanced reflection on trust and schooling that examines trust’s many layers. . . . A terrific, important book.” -Mike Rose, author of Possible Lives

    “A passionate, jargon-free plea for a rerouting of educational reform, sure to energize committed parents, progressive educators and maybe even a politician or two.” -Publishers Weekly

    “Listen carefully to Deborah Meier’s In Schools We Trust: She speaks to the heart of a school-and of democracy itself.” -Theodore R. Sizer, author of Horace’s Compromise and founder of the Coalition of Essential Schools.

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    MacArthur Award-winning educator Deborah Meier is author of The Power of Their Ideas and Will Standards Save Public Education?. She lives in Hillsdale, New York, and Boston, Massachusetts
    Deborah Meier View titles by Deborah Meier

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    'A rich, nuanced reflection on trust and schooling that examines trust's many layers. . . . A terrific, important book.' --Mike Rose, author of Possible Lives</>

    'A passionate, jargon-free plea for a rerouting of educational reform, sure to energize committed parents, progressive educators and maybe even a politician or two.' --Publishers Weekly

    'Listen carefully to Deborah Meier's In Schools We Trust: She speaks to the heart of a school-and of democracy itself.' --Theodore R. Sizer, author of Horace's Compromise and founder of the Coalition of Essential Schools.

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