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
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.
Author
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
