The Big Picture: Education Is Everyone's Business

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Author(s): Dennis Littky, Samantha Grabelle
Year: 2004

Language: English
Pages: 230

Foreword......Page 8
Preface......Page 14
The Real Goals
of Education......Page 20
Kids, Schools, and
the Bigger Picture......Page 38
Atmosphere and
School Culture......Page 62
One Student
at a Time......Page 92
Learning Through
Interests and
Pursuing Passions......Page 114
Real Work in
the Real World......Page 130
Giving Families
Back Their Power......Page 154
Measuring What
Matters in a
Way That Matters......Page 172
Standards and How
Testing Has Nothing
to Do with Them......Page 190
Make It Happen......Page 202
Notes......Page 221
From Dennis’s
Bookshelf......Page 228
Acknowledgments......Page 236
Index......Page 242
About the Authors......Page 248