Place- and Community-Based Education in Schools

Preface Acknowledgements 1. Young Achievers Science and Mathematics Pilot School 2 Place- and Community-based Education: Definitions and Antecedents 3 Why Worry about the Local in the Era of New Child Left Behind: A Rationale for Place- and Community-based Education 4 Place- and Community-based Education in Practice: Starting with Local Knowledge and Issues 5 Place- and Community-based Education in Practice: Knowledge and Issues 6 Impact on Academic Achievement 7 Striving for More than Test Scores 8 Collaborating with Community Partners (by Delia Clark) 9 Leaders as Gardeners: Creating Space for Place- and Community-based Education 10 No School is an Island - Except on the Coast of Maine 11 Changing Schools to Embrace the Local