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One Kid at a Time by Eliot Levine

Come inside an urban high school that has no tests, no grades, and a 100% college admissions rate. Based on The Met School in Providence – founded by educators Dennis Littky and Elliot Washor – One Kid at a Time: Big Lessons from a Small School (Teachers College Press, 2002) offers compelling stories and sensible strategies to make education more relevant, personalized, and engaging. Eliot Levine wrote this book during a fellowship at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is now an advisor at the Peace Street campus of The Met Center.

"Levine’s engaging account helps us see how preparing young people for the ‘real world’ works best when it is intensely caring, relevant, community-focused, and tailored to the limitless varieties of our children’s passions and concerns. One Kid at a Time should be read by all parents, educators, and policymakers who demand high standards but recognize the pitfalls of standardization."

—Deborah Meier, author of The Power of Their Ideas

"I want the record formally to note that I ‘stood beside’ this incredible— imaginative—passionate tale of how America’s educational approach can be reformed. . . . This is a Great Book . . . there is a learning revolution going on . . . and The Met Model . . . learning through passion for the task . . . will be front and center . . . come hell and high water."

—From the Foreword by Tom Peters, author of In Search of Excellence

"One Kid at a Time is the inspiring and instructive story of an ‘existence proof’—a successful school whose existence proves that urban children can achieve at high levels if educators are given the license to implement what works and the latitude to jettison what doesn’t."

—Hugh Price, President, National Urban League

"The Met School is a tremendous success by every measure—intense intellectual rigor, incredible nurturing, deep family involvement, [and] a remarkable rate of college placement . . . Eliot Levine has captured this wonderful school in a way that uplifts, inspires, and teaches us all what education really means!"

—Peter McWalters, Rhode Island Commissioner of Education

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Download FREE materials for a series of workshops based on One Kid at a Time.
Workshop I – Learning Through Real Work
Workshop II – Personalized Learning / Building Strong Relationships
Workshop III – Performance-Based Assessment
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