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Author Nehring, James

Title The school within us : the creation of an innovative public school / James Nehring
Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (234 pages)
Series SUNY series, democracy and education
SUNY series, democracy and education.
SUNY series, restructuring and school change.
Summary Annotation This book tells the story of a community of teachers, parents, and students who thoughtfully took charge of their very conventional circumstances and created a very unconventional school. With authority and liveliness, Nehring, a veteran teacher who led the development of the school, describes the many challenges faced and overcome in The Bethlehem Lab School from its inception as a proposal in 1988 to the graduation of its first senior class. Working on the fault line between theory and practice, Nehring and his colleagues built a school on performance-based assessment in a state resurgent with standardized testing. Committed to small scale in a suburban community with a typically large high school and wide elective offering, the Lab School - which functions as a school within a school - offered a highly focused, integrated curriculum, culminating in a senior internship program and thesis project. With students and parents closely involved, the school developed a democratic culture attuned to many voices and a high degree of collaboration. Throughout its development, the Lab School faced skepticism from colleagues and community members but continually proved them wrong as it raised private foundation money, won crucial faculty votes, attracted a diverse student population, succeeded with competitive college admissions for its graduates, and won strong support from students and parents
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 216)
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Subject Bethlehem Central Lab School (Delmar, N.Y.)
SUBJECT Bethlehem Central Lab School (Delmar, N.Y.) fast
Subject High schools -- New York (State) -- Bethlehem (Town) -- Case studies
Educational innovations -- New York (State) -- Bethlehem (Town) -- Case studies
School management and organization -- New York (State) -- Bethlehem (Town) -- Case studies
Laboratory schools -- New York (State) -- Bethlehem (Town) -- Case studies
EDUCATION -- Secondary.
Educational innovations
High schools
Laboratory schools
School management and organization
New York (State) -- Bethlehem (Town)
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 97037704
ISBN 0585091668
9780585091662
9780791435892
079143589X
9780791435908
0791435903
1438414374
9781438414379