One Kid at a Time: Big Lessons from a Small School (the series on school reform) - Softcover

Eliot Levine; Tom Peters; Ted Sizer; Peters, Tom; Sizer, Ted

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807741531 ISBN 13: 9780807741535

Publisher: Teachers College Press, 2001

Synopsis

Through the lens of a remarkable urban high school, One Kid at a Time weaves compelling stories and a clear narrative into new possibilities for American education. All students at the Met School have a personalized curriculum and complete real-world internships based on their interests. Students stay with the same teacher for four years, and parents help to plan and assess their child's learning. There are no classes, tests, or grades, but high achievement is expected of all students – regardless of their background. Every student in the Met's first two graduating classes has been accepted to college, even though most will be the first in their family ever to attend. Based on the Met’s first four years, this book offers powerful ideas and sensible strategies for improving schools.

About this title

About the Author

Eliot Levine has worked as a psychologist and education researcher at Harvard University. Now he is an education consultant in Rhode Island and is preparing to become a high school teacher.

Reviews

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807741531
• ISBN 13: 9780807741535
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192