The Coolest School in America How Small

This book describes the creation of and development of learning communities that are changing the conversation about what schools can be and do.

Foreword by Dennis Littky

v

Introduction by Ron Newell

vii

Part 1 The Founding and Development of the Minnesota New Country School

1

(38)

1 Little Did We Know

Doug Thomas

3

(6)

2 Putting Ideas to Work

Doug Thomas

9

(10)

3 Student Ownership: Teacher Ownership

Ron Newell

19

(10)

4 The EdVisions Project Approach: Facilitating Student Choice

Ron Newell

29

(10)

Part 2 Building the Learning Community

39

(64)

5 Building a Learning Community: The Conscious Pursuit of an Idea

Walter Enloe

41

(18)

6 Democratic Circles

Darrol Bussler

59

(14)

7 Experiential Learning: Why Project-Based Learning Works

Scott Wurdinger

73

(12)

8 Teaching Excellence through Place-Based Projects

James Lewicki

85

(18)

Part 3 Some Results of the Learning Communities

103

(48)

9 MNCS Graduates: Telling Lived Stories

Vivian Johnson, Peg Lonnquist, and Walter Enloe

105

(16)

10 Constituting a Democratic Learning Community: The Avalon Experience

Carrie Bakken and Andrea Martin, with Caitlin Rude

121

(12)

11 Why Are These Schools Cool? Voices of the Students and Parents

Ron Newell

133

(18)

Afterword by Doug Thomas

151

(8)

Index

159

(4)

About the Editors

163

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