The Basic School: A Community for Learning

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Acknowledgments vii
Trustees of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching xiv
Preface xv
The Vision of the Basic School xxi
Prologue: A New Beginning 3
I The School as Community.
A Shared Vision 15
Teachers as Leaders 31
Parents as Partners 47
II A Curriculum with Coherence.
The Centrality of Language 65
The Core Commonalities 81
Measuring Results 103
III A Climate for Learning.
Patterns to Fit Purpose 119
Resources to Enrich 137
Services for Children 153
IV A Commitment to Character.
The Core Virtues 173
Living with Purpose 187
Appendix A Further Acknowledgments 197
Appendix B Technical Notes 203
Notes 209
Index 247