Author: Ira Socol, Pam Moran and Chad Ratliff
Access: Online (or Call No: LB2806 Soc)

This book tackles head-on the oft-repeated criticism of schools being assembly lines churning out batches of students but ill-equipped to prepare children for the 21st century. The authors, three highly regarded veterans in education, advocate a “zero-based” approach in thinking about school design—to recreate the school system from a clean slate that considers the learners’ interests, passions and characteristics, and not adult-determined agendas and priorities. Drawing on their hard-earned experiences gained from years of experimenting with and successfully implementing ground–up changes in traditional U.S. public schools, the book provides insights, observations and practice-grounded guidance that may prove invaluable to educators and policy makers concerned with building better schools.