Educating the whole child: could community schools hold an answer?(Forum on Education and Academics)(Column)

From: Phi Kappa Phi Forum | Date: January 1, 2008| Author: Malone, Helen Janc | Copyright information

A couple of months ago I was helping to co-host a Harvard Graduate School of Education/Phi Delta Kappa forum titled "Keeping Kids in the Achievement Game" in which John Merrow, president of Learning Matters Inc. and a renowned education reporter (PBS/NPR), gave a compelling speech on the importance of quality teachers, holistic education, and the need for more care and nurturing of our inner-city students. During the question and answer session, an African American high school male...

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