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This book tells the story of 40 high-school drop-outs over a period of twenty years who have attended the Community School, a small alternative school in Camden, Maine. The students' stories indirectly reveal the history of the school itself, its fragile beginning and growth pangs as staff learned from students.
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Jane Day is a freelance writer who lives in Camden, Maine.
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These stories...will provide encouragement to those who are engaged in the daily struggle of supporting high-risk youth and challenge those who maintain that no intervention from outside the family can help.>>>> (Schorr, Lisbeth B.)
The experiences of these students...demonstrate again and again that what young people want and need is relatively simple...a community to belong to, something worthwhile to think about and to do, responsibility and acceptance, someone to love them, and others to care about.>>> (Ayers, William)
I urge educators and parents to read this unique and intimate book which provides a multidimensional look at a successful school and the students who benefitted from its work.>>>> (Herb Kohl)
This book is an absolute must, and reads like a delicious meal!...Buy it! Read it and smile!>>>> (Herb Kohl The Journal Of Alternative Education)
The common sense and the uncommon compassion of the Community School has improved hundreds of young lives and enriched the surrounding neighborhoods.>>>> (George Mitchell)
The common sense and the uncommon compassion of the Community School has improved hundreds of young lives and enriched the surrounding neighborhoods. (George Mitchell)
These stories...will provide encouragement to those who are engaged in the daily struggle of supporting high-risk youth and challenge those who maintain that no intervention from outside the family can help. (Schorr, Lisbeth B.)
The experiences of these students...demonstrate again and again that what young people want and need is relatively simple...a community to belong to, something worthwhile to think about and to do, responsibility and acceptance, someone to love them, and others to care about. (Ayers, William)
I urge educators and parents to read this unique and intimate book which provides a multidimensional look at a successful school and the students who benefitted from its work. (Herb Kohl)
This book is an absolute must, and reads like a delicious meal!...Buy it! Read it and smile! (Herb Kohl The Journal Of Alternative Education)
The experiences of these students...demonstrate again and again that what young people want and need is relatively simple...a community to belong to, something worthwhile to think about and to do, responsibility and acceptance, someone to love them, and others to care about.>>> (Ayers, William)
I urge educators and parents to read this unique and intimate book which provides a multidimensional look at a successful school and the students who benefitted from its work.>>>> (Herb Kohl)
This book is an absolute must, and reads like a delicious meal!...Buy it! Read it and smile!>>>> (Herb Kohl The Journal Of Alternative Education)
The common sense and the uncommon compassion of the Community School has improved hundreds of young lives and enriched the surrounding neighborhoods.>>>> (George Mitchell)
The common sense and the uncommon compassion of the Community School has improved hundreds of young lives and enriched the surrounding neighborhoods. (George Mitchell)
These stories...will provide encouragement to those who are engaged in the daily struggle of supporting high-risk youth and challenge those who maintain that no intervention from outside the family can help. (Schorr, Lisbeth B.)
The experiences of these students...demonstrate again and again that what young people want and need is relatively simple...a community to belong to, something worthwhile to think about and to do, responsibility and acceptance, someone to love them, and others to care about. (Ayers, William)
I urge educators and parents to read this unique and intimate book which provides a multidimensional look at a successful school and the students who benefitted from its work. (Herb Kohl)
This book is an absolute must, and reads like a delicious meal!...Buy it! Read it and smile! (Herb Kohl The Journal Of Alternative Education)
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- PublisherUniversity Press Of America
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0819194190
- ISBN 13 9780819194190
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages188
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Changing Lives: Voices from a School That Works
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University Press of America, Inc., Lanham, New York, London
(1994)
ISBN 10: 0819194190
ISBN 13: 9780819194190
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Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Maryanne Mott, Jane Day (Photos) (illustrator). Copyright 1994. 169 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Seller Inventory # 1FislDh0023
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