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Title:
Deeper learning : how eight innovative public schools are transforming education in the twenty-first century / Monica R. Martinez and Dennis McGrath.
Author:
Martinez, Monica, author.

McGrath, Dennis, 1946- author.
Publication Information:
New York : New Press, 2014.
Call Number:
LA217.2 .M366 2014
Abstract:
In Deeper Learning, education strategist Monica R. Martinex and sociologist Dennis McGrath take us inside eight schools that have set out to transform the experience of learning. In these schools, we meet teachers and students who show us just what "Deeper Learning" looks like. The eight diverse schools featured are: MC2 STEM High School in Cleveland, Ohio, Impact Academy of Arts & Technology in Hayward, California, Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, King Middle School and Casco Bay High School in Portland, Maine, Rochester High School in Rochester, Indiana, High Tech High in San Diego, California, Avalon School in St. Paul, Minnesota.
ISBN:
9781595589590
Physical Description:
209 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
Connect: create a community of learners -- Empower: activate students to lead their own learning -- Contextualize: tie subjects to each other and keep it real -- Reach: network beyond school walls -- Inspire: customize learning to motivate each student -- Wire: make technology the servant, not the master -- Invest: designate deeper learning as the new normal.
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