| |
| March 28, 2008 |
Curriculum Leadership Journal |
Perspectives on relevance and the quest for rigorous student learning: balancing life to text and text to life by Elliot Washor |
| March 21, 2008 |
Nashville Business Journal |
New School Helps Students Get the 'Big Picture' by Jenny Burns |
| February 28, 2008 |
Turnto10.com |
Kids Company Funds Scholarships |
| February
15, 2008 |
The
Philadelphia Enquirer |
Plan
would bolster troubled city schools: A task force recommended
added services for 70 struggling facilities by Susan
Snyder |
| February
7, 2008 |
St.
Louis Post-Dispatch |
At
one school, the students become part of a family by
Sylvester Brown Jr. |
| |
| December
26, 2007 |
The
New York Times |
Engaging
a Distant Teenager With Extended Hours by Susan Engel |
| November
8, 2007 |
Press
Release |
DOWNLOAD
PDF of Big
Picture Company Co-Founder Dennis Littky Recognized as Purpose
Prize Fellow, Joins Ranks of Social Innovators Over Age 60
Leading with Experience |
| October
2007 |
Techniques |
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PDF of Seeding
the Edge of Career and Technical Education by Charles
Mojkowski and Elliot Washor |
| October
21, 2007 |
The
New York Times |
Soft
Spot for the Bronx by Anne Barnard |
| October
8, 2007 |
Providence
Business News |
Dutch
look to Met model for kid-centered schools by William
Hamilton |
| October
5, 2007 |
St.
Louis Post-Dispatch |
Seeing
the big picture by Steve Giegerich |
| September
2007 |
Giraffe
Heroes Project |
Dennis
Littky: Featured Giraffe |
| September
25, 2007 |
KPBS
News - San Diego State University |
Dutch
Officials May Model Their High School System After The Met
by Ana Tintocalis
|
| 2007 |
National
League of Cities |
Download
PDF of Setting
the Stage for New High Schools: Municipal Leadership in Supporting
High School Alternatives |
| Summer
2007 |
Big
Picture Company |
Big
Picture Company Case Statement |
| Summer
2007 |
Annenberg
Institute for School Reform: Voices in Urban Education |
Alternative
High Schools: Pioneering Promising Practices for Blending
Academic and Extended Learning Opportunities by David
Lemmel and Samuel Steinberg Seidel |
| September
5, 2007 |
The
City Paper Online |
Big
Picture school tracks progress through narratives by
Amanda Maynord
|
| August
20, 2007 |
St.
Louis Post-Dispatch |
Grit
and smarts helped principal beat the odds by Steve
Giegerich
|
| August
2007 |
The
American School Board Journal |
Five
Questions for Huber Trenado, home ownership advocate |
| Summer
2007 |
The
New England Journal of Higher Education |
The
Big Picture College: A Model High School Program Graduates
by Jamie E. Scurry and Dennis Littky |
| June
24, 2007 |
CourierPost
Online |
Experimental
school flourishes by Matt Katz |
| June
21, 2007 |
San
Francisco Chronicle |
Student
has all the answers for teacher to buy a home
by Carolyn Said |
| June
2007 |
Ten
Ways to Change the World in Your Twenties (www.tenways.org) |
The
Big Picture Company is named an "Organization Making
a Difference" |
| Spring
2007 |
e
australia |
Balancing
life to text and text to life by Elliot Washor and
Charles Mojkowski |
| May
25, 2007 |
Detroit
Free Press |
School
succeeds where others fail: Focus on students, innovation
puts Detroit charter ahead by Chastity Pratt |
| May
9, 2007 |
The
City Paper Online |
Parents
get ‘Big Picture’ about new high school by
Amanda Maynord |
| February
2007 |
UCLA’s
Institute for Democracy,
Education, & Access -
Multiple Perspectives on Multiple Pathways Series |
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PDF of Small
Schools as Multiple Pathways to
College, Career, and Civic Participation: Can they Balance
the Individual and Collective Aims of Schooling? by
Karen Quartz & Elliot Washor |
| February
2, 2007 |
Denver
Post |
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PDF of Students
get a taste of business ownership: Mapleton students set up
coffee shop to get experience running a business by
Will Shanley
|
| January
17, 2007 |
Education
Week |
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PDF of The
College Juggernaut: Just Who Is It That Needs to Get Ready?
by Elliot Washor & Charles Mojkowski |
| January
6, 2007 |
The
Fresno Bee |
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PDF of School
will push creativity by Christina Vance
|
| January
5, 2007 |
The
Providence Journal |
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PDF of A
RISD program fuels talents, dreams of area high school students
by Linda Borg |
| December
2006/ January 2007 |
Educational
Leadership |
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PDF of What
do you mean by rigor? by Elliot Washor and Charles
Mojkowski |
| |
| December
28, 2006 |
The
Providence Journal |
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PDF of Business
in a bottle by Paul Grimaldi |
| December
18, 2006 |
News-Leader.com |
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PDF of Solutions
Aren't Cheap: Springfield (MO) educators are looking at dropout
prevention programs that work for other districts by
Juliana Goodwin |
| November
11, 2006 |
Fresno
Bee |
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PDF of It's
time to try a new kind of school idea by Jon F. Morse,
Sr. |
| October
19, 2006 |
INDYSTAR.COM |
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PDF of Charter
schools/Smart exhibition/ Indianopolis Met students show off
knowledge during oral presentations by Andy Gammill |
| October
3, 2006 |
Providence
Business News |
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PDF of Students
use passion to quench thirst for business by Nicole
Dionne |
| October
1, 2006 |
HeraldTimesOnline.com
(Indianapolis) |
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PDF of More
firms offering internships to teens by Associated
Press |
| September
16, 2006 |
Providence
Business News |
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PDF of Seeing
the 'big picture,' educator reinvents schools by Bridget
Botelho |
| June
2006 |
The
New Educator |
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PDF of High
Schools as Communities in Communities by Elliot Washor
and Charles Mojkowski
|
| June
27, 2006 |
Detroit
News |
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PDF of Gates
Foundation principles can help Detroit schoolkids by
Laura Berman |
| June
16, 2006 |
Business
Week |
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PDF of Meet
the Met, A School Success Story: With a radically different
approach to education, this high school in Providence, Rhode
Island is fast becoming a model across the country by
William C. Symonds |
| June
16, 2006 |
Business
Week |
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PDF of A
School Makeover in Mapleton: A school district outside Denver
has galvanized students and parents with a daring experiment
in public school choice by William C. Symonds
|
| June
16, 2006 |
Business
Week |
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PDF of Motivation,
Mentoring, Miracles: A Rhode Island high school, The Met,
helps students who mostly have failed at conventional schools
fulfill their academic potential |
| June
15, 2006 |
San
Francisco Chronicle |
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PDF of Small,
unorthodox school has big results: MetWest's seniors all graduate,
and all accepted to college by Simone Sebastian |
| June
11, 2006 |
The
Providence Journal |
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PDF of Brothers
in crime: How Johnny's childhood ended at age 7 by
Channing Gray |
| June
10, 2006 |
The
Providence Journal |
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PDF of Met
School's spirit breeding network of academic honor by
Felice J. Freyer |
| June
2, 2006 |
The
Providence Journal |
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PDF of The
Met does school its way, and it's worked for 10 years
by Linda Borg |
| June
2006 |
Phi
Delta Kappan |
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PDF of Creating
New Steps: Innovating from the Edge to the Middle by
Elliot Washor and Charles Mojkowski |
| May
11, 2006 |
The
Providence Journal |
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PDF of Drugstore
pioneer Stanley Goldstein looks back by Paul Grimaldi |
| May
8, 2006 |
The
Wall Street Journal |
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PDF of Young,
Eager – and Cheap: Interns can be well worth their low
price by Raymund Flandez |
| April
18, 2006 |
Rochester
Democrat & Chronicle |
N.Y.
should take cue from Rhode Island: Loosen tight leash on schools
by Dan Drmacich, Guest Essayist |
| March
31, 2006 |
Providence
Journal |
DOWNLOAD
PDF of Senioritis?
Not At The Met by Linda Borg |
| March
19, 2006 |
Philadelphia
Inquirer |
Pennsylvania's
Project 720, a state Education Department initiative, calls
for smaller, personalized high school "learning communities"
and higher academic standards by Dan Hardy |
| March
2006 |
Edutopia |
DOWNLOAD
PDF of The
Daring Dozen 2006: Twelve Who Are Reshaping the Future of
Education by GLEF Staff (see numbers
8 & 9!) |
| February
1, 2006 |
University
of Denver |
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PDF of Internships
bring high school students to DU by Brenda Goates |
January
21, 2006 |
The
Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) |
Education
experts to interact with public: Central City meeting will
be held today by Coleman Warner |
| January
11, 2006 |
EdWeek.org
Live Chat |
A
Second Front in Education Reform
a Live Chat with Ron Wolk |
| |
| Date |
Publication |
Article |
| December
31, 2005 |
The
Philadelphia Inquirer |
DOWNLOAD
PDF of Students
get chance to have career years by Melanie Burney |
| December
29, 2005 |
Courier-Post |
Camden
Should Look to Copy Met East Model (Editorial) |
| December
12, 2005 |
The
Providence Journal |
DOWNLOAD
PDF of Met
School Classes Are Entering Cyberspace by Linda Borg |
| December
5, 2005 |
Greater
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Monday Morning Memo |
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PDF of Indianapolis
Met Students are Learning Through Internship |
November
29, 2005 |
The
Providence Journal-Bulletin |
Met
School principal wins award from RIC
by Linda Borg |
November
1, 2005 |
Indianapolis
Star |
Students
to study charter schools: IUPUI graduate class aims to help
with financial, academic aspects of ventures by
Staci Hupp |
| November
2005 |
District
Administration |
Radical
Reformer by Gary Stager |
| Fall
2005 |
Mosaic |
Ford
PAS Program prepares students for college |
October
30, 2005 |
The
Philadelphia Inquirer |
The
one-size-fits-all building answer will not work if students
are to learn better, think more globally. By Chris
Satullo
|
| October
13, 2005 |
The
Golden Gate Express Online |
MetWest
High School Bringing in SF State Interns: East Oakland school
has small group of students teaching by Kristi Dyes
|
| October
5, 2005 |
Edutopia |
Learning
One on One by Ken Ellis (including
the 8-minute video, The Met: A Passion for Learning) |
| October
4, 2005 |
The
Providence Journal-Bulletin |
DOWNLOAD
PDF of To
Their Health: School Expands Services with Health Clinic
by Karen A. Davis |
| October
2005 |
Great
Schools by Design |
National
Summit on School Design
(including mp3 of Elliot Washor's keynote address) |
| 2005 |
DesignShare |
DOWNLOAD
PDF of Dollars
and Sense II: Lessons from Good, Cost-Effective Small Schools
co-authored by Elliot Washor |
| September
14, 2005 |
Education
Week |
Standards
and Variation: Nonconforming Our Way to High Quality
by Elliot Washor & Charles Mojkowski |
| September
10, 2005 |
Smart
City Radio |
Improving
Schools and Family Circumstances with Elliot Washor
and Matt Fellowes |
September
5, 2005 |
The
Providence Journal-Bulletin |
Met
School students take tour of South: The students will go
to Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina and Washington,
D.C., over the next two weeks, and may get involved in a
hurricane relief project. |
September
1, 2005 |
Hartford
Courant |
New
Features Mark Schools' First Day: Magnet Program Among The
Changes by Steven Goode |
| August
26, 2005 |
Bloomfield
Journal |
Schools
ready for first day by Brian Woodman Jr. |
| August
8, 2005 |
Hartford
Courant |
Learning
Through Doing: Classroom Work Will Be Minimal At New Magnet
High School by Steven Goode |
| August
2005 |
Royal
Society of Arts Journal (London) |
DOWNLOAD
PDF of Building
Virtual Bridges: Liverpool and Providence by Robin
Thompson |
| July
2005 |
RI
Economic Development Corporation |
Innovation
in Education: One Student at a Time by Michael S.
Arnold |
| June
8, 2005 |
The
Providence Journal |
At
city bike shop, students look to get careers in gear
by Charu Gupta
|
| May
30, 2005 |
The
Indianapolis Star |
Real-world
work inspires students - Internships give charter-school
youths the chance to learn outside the classroom. by
Kim L. Hooper |
| May
19, 2005 |
Rocky
Mountain News |
Appealing
to passions and dreams: Reform models take personal approach,
add academic rigor
by Jennifer Miller |
| May
16, 2005 |
Newsweek |
Other
Winning Equations - The Innovators: Some problems call for
unique solutions. Here, a few ideas that work. |
| May
9, 2005 |
BBC
World Service |
Innovative
American High School |
| April
28, 2005 |
Camden
New Jersey Land and Dream |
High
hopes in Camden: School Funded by Microsoft founder Bill
Gates Philanthropy - New school to mix academics, internships
by Sarah Greenblatt |
| April
28, 2005 |
The
Providence Journal |
Met
School Miracle (Editorial) |
| April
25, 2005 |
National
Public Radio - All Things Considered |
School
Features Real-World Learning, No Grades
by Margot Adler |
| April
20, 2005 |
Press
Release - Innovations in American Government Awards |
THE
MET SCHOOL IS A FINALIST FOR GOVERNMENT “OSCAR”
Providence High School Defies Dropout Trends, is Eligible
for $100,000 Prize |
| April
19, 2005 |
The
Indianapolis Star |
|
| April
5, 2005 |
The
London Telegraph |
A
lesson for the education system by
John Preston |
| April
5, 2005 |
YO!
Youth Outlook |
Dropping
Out: A Former OUSD Student Ponders Oakland's High Drop Out
Rate by Nick Datesman (a student at Big Picture's
MetWest H.S. in Oakland, CA and an intern at YO!) |
| March
15, 2005 |
Tech
Learning |
Big
Time for Small Schools by Kim Carter |
| Spring
2005 |
Curriculum
& Technology Quarterly (ASCD) |
Download
PDF of The
World is Integrated! by Dennis Littky with Samantha
Grabelle |
February
26, 2005 |
National
Education Summit on High Schools |
Prepared
remarks by Bill Gates, Co-founder |
| February
2005 |
Fast
Company |
The 2005
Fast 50: Fast is a state of mind with Dennis
Littky named number 4 "Peak Performer" |
| February
7, 2005 |
Nation's
Cities Weekly (official publication of National League of
Cities) |
Schools
as Centers of Innovation In and For Their Communities
by Elliot Washor and Charles Mojkowski |
| January
12, 2005 |
Detroit
Free Press |
When
Cosby comes, she'll be waiting by Rochelle Riley
|
| |
| December
27, 2004 |
Forum |
Dennis
Littky interviewed along with staff and students by
Michael Krasny |
| December
27, 2004 |
The
Los Angeles Times |
Tests
Are History at This High School by Elizabeth Mehren |
| December
10, 2004 |
The
Sunday Times of India |
Cool's
the rule at Bill Gates' schools |
| December
10, 2004 |
The
Providence Journal |
Business
consultant is way out of the box: Guru can't stand business
as usual by Timothy C. Barmann |
| December
2, 2004 |
San
Francisco Chronicle |
Big
Picture Schooling in a garage
by Joan Ryan |
| November/December
2004 |
Edutopia
Magazine |
DOWNLOAD
PDF of High
School's New Face by Roberta Furger |
| November
24, 2004 |
USA
Today |
The
Big Picture: Schools tailored to students' individual needs |
| November
23, 2004 |
School
Board News |
Guest
Viewpoint: Test scores alone don't measure a school's success
by Dennis Littky |
| November
4, 2004 |
The
Sacramento Bee
(also re-printed in Edutopia News November 14, 2004)
|
School's
learning focus is on present-day theme by Walter Yost |
| Late
Fall 2004 |
Horace
- Special 20th Anniversary Issue |
DOWNLOAD
PDF of Voting
for Homecoming Queen Does Not Prepare Students for Democracy
by Dennis Littky with Samantha Grabelle |
| October
28, 2004 |
The
Providence Journal |
Students
taught lesson on voting's importance: At the Met School,
Mayor David N. Cicilline explains why voting can affect
students' futures.
by Karen A. Davis
|
| Fall
2004 |
Horace
(Vol. 20 No. 4) |
We
All Win Together: Met Graduates Reflect on Advisories by
Chris Hempel, Joe Claprood, Elissa Toro, Jesse Suchmann, Alex
Rivera, Takesha Lopes, Ramon Frias, Kristin Waugh-Hempel
|
| September/October
2004 |
Forum
Focus
(a regular publication of the Forum for Youth Investment) |
DOWNLOAD
PDF of "Voices
from The Fields: A Conversation with Mary Jane Clancy and
Elliot Washor" (pages 3-4 of 4) |
September 28, 2004 |
The
Washington Post |
Turning
to More Than Scores to Rate Schools by Jay Mathews
|
| September
22, 2004 |
Education
Week |
‘One
Student At a Time’ by Caroline Hendrie |
| September
22, 2004 |
Education
Week |
An
Unconventional Culture by Caroline Hendrie |
| September
13, 2004 |
The
Denver Post |
Mapleton
turns to mini-schools for more choice by John Ingold |
| September
6, 2004 |
Crain's
Chicago Business |
New
high school model counts on business input by Dennis
Littky |
| September
2004 |
Catalyst
Chicago |
Up
Close High School Reform: No bells, no classes, no letter
grades by Maureen Kelleher |
| August
31, 2004 |
Rocky
Mountain News |
Mapleton
blazes trail in high school reform by Nancy Mitchell |
| August
25, 2004 |
The
New York Times |
Report
Offers No Clear Victory for Charter School Opponents
by Samuel G. Freedman |
July
7, 2004
/////////////////// |
The
San Diego Tribune |
High
school with a real-world twist - Students to take college
classes, do work internships by David E. Graham
.................................................. |
| June 15,
2004 |
The
Providence Journal |
Bond
would beef up vocational schools: The $15-million bond would
pay for long-overdue repairs and improvements to the state's
eight career and technical centers. by Linda Borg |
| Summer 2004 |
Educational
Horizons (The Official Publication of Pi Lambda Theta) |
DOWNLOAD PDF of If
We Love Our Children More Than We Love Our Schools, the System
Must Change by Dennis Littky with Samantha Grabelle
|
| May 2004 |
Educational
Leadership (ASCD) |
DOWNLOAD PDF of Moment
to Moment at The Met by Dennis Littky, Nancy Diaz,
Danique Dolly, Chris Hempel, Charlie Plant, Phil Price,
and Sam Grabelle
|
| May 21, 2004 |
Bloomfield
Journal |
Intermediate
school gets nod from board by Brian Woodman, Jr. |
| January 14,
2004 |
Indianapolis
Star |
IPS
partner leaves program: Goodwill Industries ends TechWest
ties, offers plan to start 2 new charter schools by
Kim L. Hooper |
| |
| 2003 |
What Kids Can Do |
Student Learning in Small Schools: An Online Portfolio |
| November
9, 2003 |
The
Providence Journal |
Edwatch by Julia
Steiny: In
search of the anti-drug |
| October 8,
2003 |
Live
Webcast of U.S. Dept. of Education High School Leadership
Summit |
Go to http://www.vodium.com/mediapod/ed/high_school_leadership/
and click on "Morning Session." After the page
loads, on the left side, select "Contents" and scroll
down to select "Student Panel Discussion" to hear
Gina Rodriguez, Met Student, speak about The Met as a member
of the panel. |
| September
2003 |
DesignShare |
Innovative
Pedagogy and School Facilities (Doctoral Thesis and Design
Manifesto) by Elliot Washor (DesignShare
Editor's Choice Award 2003) |
| Fall 2003 |
NonviolenceNews
- The Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence
Newsletter |
DOWNLOAD PDF of My
Path of Nonviolence by a Met student (Note: may
need to zoom in to read font clearly) |
| July 22,
2003 |
The
High School Connection |
Life
in Providence by Brian C. Jones |
| July 15,
2003 |
Redesigning
High Schools |
The
Met Center as profiled on The Knowledge Loom by The Education
Alliance at Brown University |
| June 9, 2003 |
The
Providence Journal |
These
teens getting jump on real life by Karen A. Davis |
| May 1, 2003 |
The
Providence Journal |
Outward
Bound by Linda Borg |
| April 9,
2003 |
Education
Week |
Accountability
In Small Schools: Ensuring That No Child Is Left Unknown
by Elliot Washor & Charles Mojkowski |
| February
26, 2003 |
The
New York Times |
Gates
Foundation Providing $31 Million for Small Schools by
Greg Winter |
| February
2003 |
Reshaping
the Landscape of School Leadership Development: A Global
Perspective ed. by Philip Hallinger
|
DOWNLOAD PDF of "Developing
School Leaders: One Principal at a Time" by Dennis
Littky and Molly Schen (chapter)
|
| January 25,
2003 |
Seattle
Post-Intelligencer |
Truman
students provide ambition to school's higher standards
by La Monica Everett-Haynes |
| Winter 2003 |
Horace
|
The
Long Haul: An Autobiography by Myles Horton book review
by Dennis Littky and Seth Linden |
| |
| December
2002 |
Personalized
Learning: Preparing High School Students to Create their
Futures (book)
|
Chapter
1 - "When Learning Matters - Using Learning Plans To
Educate One Student At A Time" by Elliot Washor |
| December
9, 2002 |
Denver
Post |
Small-schoolers
prepare Big Picture High by Eric Hubler |
| Winter 2002 |
Horace |
Individualizing
My Own Learning by Laura Hughes (Met senior) |
| October 2002 |
Teacher
Magazine |
In
With the New by Ronald A. Wolk |
| October 2002 |
DesignShare |
DOWNLOAD
PDF of Dollars
and Sense: The Cost-Effectiveness of Small Schools
co-authored by Elliot Washor |
| October 7,
2002 |
The
Providence Journal |
Met
schools show small is beautiful by Dennis Littky |
| September
25, 2002 |
The
Providence Journal |
Top
of His Class: A Maverick educator in Providence wins mainstream
recognition in New York by Michael Corley |
| Fall 2002 |
Edutopia |
DOWNLOAD PDF of Community-Based
School Planning: If Not Now, When? by Steven Bingler |
| Fall 2002 |
Horace |
Elements
of Smallness Create Conditions for Success
by Jill Davidson |
| August 8,
2002 |
The
Providence Journal |
The
Met: A School and a Community by Karen A. Davis |
| April 21,
2002 |
The
Providence Journal |
Prerequisite:
Parental Involvement |
| Spring/Summer
2002 |