Subseries:
Box 6
Articles, 1959-2009,
undated
After master copies of articles, arranged alphabetically by title of
article
Master copies of articles, undated
Includes articles by Meier, reviews by
Meier, and articles by others.
Articles about Debbie/CPE/CCE-91/92, by Debbie, undated
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Writings by Deborah Meier, undated
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Includes listing of articles by Deborah
Meier
Items removed from pockets of the Writings by Deborah
Meier binder, undated
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(1999).
"Adolescents and Standards."
1999,
undated
1 draft, 1 speech on which article was based
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"Adolescents at School
(Foreword)."
In Michael Sadowski
(Ed.),
Adolescents at School.
Undated
2 drafts
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Includes letter from Michael Sadowski and bio of
Meier
(1975).
"Another Look at What's Wrong with Reading
Tests."
Association for Childhood Education
International
(pp. 32-36).
5 printed
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See also:
Writings by
Deborah Meier
, 1 printed
"Approach to Reading Readiness."
ca. 1967
3 drafts
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(2006, May).
"As Though They Owned the Place: Small
Schools as Membership Communities."
Phi Delta Kappan: The Professional Journal
for Education,
volume 87, number 9 (pp. 657-662).
2004-2006
1 draft, 2 printed
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(1998).
"Authenticity and Educational
Change."
In A. Hargreaves,
A. Lieberman, M.
Fullan, & D. W. Hopkins
(Eds.),
International Handbook of
Educational Change
(pp. 596-615).
1 printed
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(1995, Apr.).
"Beyond Academics."
Teacher Magazine.
2 printed
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(1996, Sept.).
"The Big Benefits of Smallness."
Educational Leadership, volume 54,
number 1.
6 printed
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With Ted Sizer. (2006).
"Breaking Ranks in the Middle
(Foreword)."
Breaking Ranks in the Middle.
2005
1 draft
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With Paul Schwarz. (1997,
Winter).
"Building and
Maintaining a Culture of Change at CPESS."
National Forum: Phi Kappa Phi
Journal,
volume 77, number 1 (pp. 22-26).
1 printed
View item(s)
(1998, Jan.).
"Can the Odds be Changed?"
Phi Delta Kappan, volume 79, number
5, (pp. 358-362). Also in (1997,
June).
Educational Policy,
volume 11, number 2 (pp. 194-208). 1995-1998
3 drafts, 6 printed
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(2000).
"Central Park East and its Graduates
(Foreword)."
In David Bensman,
Central Park East and its
Graduates,
1998-1999
1 draft
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Includes one letter from Teachers College
Press
With Paul Schwarz. (1995).
"Central Park East Secondary School: The
Hard Part is Making it Happen."
In Michael W.
Apple and James A. Beane (Eds.),
Democratic Schools (pp. 27-40).
1995-2006
1 printed, 1 draft for update
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(1994).
"Changing Lives (Preface)."
In
Jane Day,
Changing
Lives
(pp. vii-x).
1 printed
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Includes remarks by Emanuel Pariser
(1968).
"The Coleman Report."
Integrated Education, volume 5,
number 6 (pp. 37-45).
1 printed
(2004,
Fall).
"Common
Sense."
Horace: The Journal of the Coalition of
Essential Schools,
volume 21, number 1 (pp.
38-39).
1 printed
(1999, Sept.).
"The Company They Keep."
American School Board Journal, volume
186, number 9 (pp. 25-26). 1999,
undated
2 drafts, 1 printed
View item(s)
(1999,
Fall/Winter).
"A
Conversation about Schools with Deborah Meier."
Connection: New England's Journal of Higher
Education and Economic Development,
volume 14, number 3
(pp. 20-23).
3 printed
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(2004).
"Creating Schools We Can Trust."
In C. Glickman (Ed.),
Letters to the Next President.
2003
2 proofs
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(2009, May).
"Democracy at Risk."
Educational Leadership, volume 66,
number 8 (pp. 45-48).
1 printed
With Diane Ravitch. (2006, May 24).
"Bridging Differences: A Dialogue between
Deborah Meier and Diane Ravitch."
Education Week, volume 25, number 36
(pp. 36-37, 44). 2006
3 drafts
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With Allen Graubard.
"Does Supporting School Reform Mean that
America's Public School System is a Shameful Failure?"
Undated
1 draft
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(1999-2000,
Dec.-Jan.).
"Educating a Democracy: Standards and the
Future of Public Education."
Boston Review, volume 24, number 6
(pp. 4-9). 2000
3 printed
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See also: Oversize 3, folder 1
Original article by Linda Darling-Hammond. (2007, May 21).
"Evaluating No Child Left Behind
(Response)."
The Nation, volume 284, number 20
(pp. 20-21). 2007
1 printed
(1984, October).
"Feeding Our Myths: 'To Save Our Schools'
Flunks."
Commonweal, volume 111 (pp.
536-538).
1 printed
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(2000, Feb.).
"Fiddling with Facts."
Brill's Content (pp.
63-64).
3 printed
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(1999, Apr.
20).
"From Deborah Meier to
Ben Lummis, copied to MCAS group (3/18/99)."
MTA Today (pp. 8-9).
1 printed
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See: Oversize 3, folder 11
(1999, May
23).
"Give Parents,
Teachers Keys to School Reform."
Democrat and Chronicle (p.
23A).
2 printed
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Includes note from Adam Urbanski
(1996, October 8).
"Going Back to School... in
Boston."
1996,
undated
2 drafts
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(1997).
"Habits of Mind: Democratic Values and
the Creation of Effective Learning Communities."
In
Barry S. Kogan (Ed.),
Common Schools, Uncommon Futures: A Working
Consensus for School Renewal.
1995,
undated
2 drafts
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Includes one letter from Barry Kogan
With Ann Cook. (1990, Apr. 27).
"A Helpful Response."
Finance and Reform: Education in New York
State
(pp. 1-9).
3 printed
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(1989, May
31).
"Helping Young Shun
'Ideals' of Violence."
Education Week, volume 8, number 36
(p. 32).
4 printed
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See also:
Writings by
Deborah Meier
, 1 printed; Oversize 3, folder 1
(1999, May
31).
"Here's the Deal, Mr.
Unz."
The Nation, volume 268, number 20
(pp. 7-8).
2 printed
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(2007,
Fall).
"How Much is Learned When We're Not
Looking: The Promise of CES Elementary Schools."
Horace: The Journal of the Coalition of
Essential Schools,
volume 23, number 3 (pp. 2-3,
11).
1 printed
(2003,
Oct.-Nov.)
"In Good
Company."
The Boston Review
1 draft
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Includes correspondence, article by Richard D.
Kahlenberg and Bernard Wasow
titled
"Private School Vouchers vs.
Public School Choice,"
article by
Kahlenberg titled
"Remembering Al Shanker"
(2005, Aug.
28).
"In Schools We
Trust."
Boston Globe (pp. 23,
35).
1 printed
With Alfie Kohn. (1998, June 8).
"It's Difficult and Destructive."
Boston Globe.
2 printed
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(1992, June
17).
"Just Another False
Chase."
Education Week (p. 14).
2 printed
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See also: Oversize 3, folder 1
(2002, Feb.).
"Just Let Us Be: The Genesis of a Small
Public School."
Educational Leadership (pp.
76-79).
4 printed
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"The Little Engine that Can't: Asking Our
Schools to Carry the Burden of Overcoming America's Social
Inequality."
Undated
2 drafts
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(1991, Sept.
23).
"The Little Schools
that Could."
The Nation, volume 253, number 9 (pp.
321, 338-340).
4 printed
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See also:
Articles about
Debbie/CPE/CCE-91/92, by Debbie
, 1 printed, 1 adapted
version titled "Up Against the System: The
Little Schools That Could,"
1991, Oct. 14;
Writings by Deborah Meier, 1
adapted version
"Making Schools Scientific: At What
Price?"
Undated
1 draft
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"Massachusetts Education Reform
and National Standards: Two Possible Sets of Policy
Assumptions"
(pp. 16-18). Undated
5 copies
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Also titled
"National Standards: Two
Possible Sets of Policy Assumptions"
(2005,
Fall).
"MAT Program
Celebrates Its First Class."
Field Notes, volume 1, number 3 (pp.
6-8).
1 printed
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(1989,
Fall).
"National Standards
for American Education [reply]."
Teachers College Record, volume 91,
number 1 (pp. 25-27)
1 proof
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(1999).
"Needed: Thoughtful Research for
Thoughtful Schools."
In E. C.
Lagemann & L. Shulman
(Eds.),
Issues in Education Research
(pp. 63-82). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 1998
1 draft
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"A New Reading of the Class
Struggle."
In These Times.
Undated
1 printed
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"Notes on an Interesting
Occupation."
Undated
6 drafts
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Includes 2 copies of a letter from Deborah Meier
to Kathleen Devaney
(2007).
"On Patriotism and the Yankees: Lessons
Learned from Being a Fan."
In J.
Westheimer (Ed.),
Pledging
Allegiance: The Politics of Patriotism in America's
Schools
(pp. 49-60). 2006,
undated
3 drafts
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(2004,
Winter).
"On Unions and Education."
Dissent (pp. 31-35). Also in
Teachers' Voice, volume 6, number 8 (pp.
1-2). 2003-2004
1 draft, 1 proof, 1 printed
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Includes letter from Dissent editor to
Deborah Meier
See also: Oversize 3, folder 11
"Our Educational Crisis and
Theirs."
Undated
1 draft
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(1996,
Spring).
"Partnerships
Between Schools and Universities."
On Common Ground, number 6 (p.
27).
2 printed
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(1994, Jan.).
"A Plan Equal to the Task: Creating a
National Elementary Schools Network."
N.E.S.N. Newsletter (pp. 7-8, 13,
15-16).
1 printed
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See also:
Writings by
Deborah Meier
, 1 draft
(1982, May 26-June 1).
"Planning to Keep Them in Their Place."
In These Times (p. 11).
2 printed
(1974,
Sept.-Oct.).
"Poor Readers I."
Today's Education, number 63 (pp.
32-36). 1974
1 draft, 3 printed
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Includes a letter from Gene R. Hawes
See also:
Writings by
Deborah Meier
, 1 printed
(2003, Mar.).
"The Power of Ideas."
Principal Leadership, volume 3,
number 7 (pp. 16-19).
3 printed
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(2000).
"Progressive Education in the 21st Century:
A Work in Progress."
In R. Brandt
(Ed.),
Education in a New Era (pp.
211-228). Alexandria, VI: ASCD.
2 drafts, 1 printed
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(1959,
Winter).
"The Public Buys a
Ghetto."
Anvil.
2 printed
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(2007).
"Quick Fixes and Student
Potential."
Profession, volume 1 (pp. 136-140).
Undated
1 draft
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"A Radical Proposal for a Conservative
Profession"
Undated
1 draft
Reactions to
A Nation Prepared... The Carnegie
Proposals: Problems and Possibilities.
Networker (pp. 8-9). Undated
2 printed
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See also:
Writings by
Deborah Meier
, 1 printed
"Reading Myths and Public Policy."
Undated
2 drafts
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(1985, May).
"Retaining the Teacher's Perspective in the
Principalship."
Education and Urban Society, volume
17, number 3 (pp. 302-310).
4 printed
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See also:
Articles about
Debbie/CPE/CCE-91/92, by Debbie
, 1 printed;
Writings by Deborah Meier, 1
printed;
Writings
removed from binder pockets
, 5 printed;
MacArthur Fellowship; binder of
recommendations, resumes, articles, etc.
, 2 printed
"Revitalization of Civil Society
(Response to),"
1994
1 draft
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Includes letter from Deborah Meier and article
by Michael S. Joyce,
"The Revitalization of Civil Society"
in
Rethinking Schools
(1995,
Fall).
"A Revolutionary at Work."
Future Teacher (pp. 4-5). 1995, Sept. 25
1 draft
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"Safety, Violence, and the
Manufactured Crisis."
(Also titled "Safe Schools, Safe Streets").
1995
7 drafts
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Includes supporting documentation, related articles, and
correspondence
See also: Oversize 3, folder 11
(1997, Feb.
17).
"Saving Public
Education."
The Nation, volume 264, number 6 (pp.
23-24).
1 printed
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(2008, Mar.).
"Schooling for Democracy or for the
Workplace?"
Phi Delta Kappan, volume 89, number 7
(pp. 507-510).
2 printed
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(2000,
Fall).
"Schools that Seek
Solutions."
Hope Magazine, volume 24 (pp.
19-21).
3 printed
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(2004,
Summer).
"Smallness, Autonomy, and Choice: Scaling
Up."
Educational Horizons, volume 82,
number 4 (pp. 290-299). Undated
1 draft
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"Some Comments on the Latest
Solution."
Undated
5 drafts
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(2003, Sept.).
"So What Does it Take to Build a School
for Democracy?"
Phi Delta Kappan (pp. 15-21).
2003
2 drafts, 2 printed
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Includes correspondence between Deborah Meier
and
Phi Delta Kappan's Joel
Westheimer
(2002, Nov.).
"Standardization versus Standards."
Phi Delta Kappan, volume 84, number 3
(pp. 190-198).
3 printed
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(1999, June 9).
"Standards Yes, Standardization
No."
Working Papers for A Public Conversation:
Education Reform in Massachusetts
(pp. 4-5). 1999
1 draft, 2 printed
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(2008, Sept.).
"Strong Schools are Essential for
Democracy."
Phi Delta Kappan, volume 90, number 1
(pp. 32-33).
2 printed
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(1996, Dec.).
"Supposing that…."
Phi Delta Kappan, volume 78, number 4
(pp. 271-276).
1 printed
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"Testing, Why is it Still
Prevalent?"
Undated
2 drafts
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(2006,
Fall).
"Undermining Democracy: 'Compassionate
Conservatism' and Democratic Education."
Dissent (pp. 71-75). 2006-2008
1 draft, 2 proofs
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Includes correspondence
(2009).
"What I've Learned."
In
J. Mintz and C. Ricci
(Eds.),
Turning Points: 27 Visionaries in
Education Tell Their Own Stories.
2008
1 draft
View item(s)
(1996, Sept.
15).
"What it Takes to Make
Schools Matter."
Newsday (p. A35).
1 printed
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(2006).
"What We've Learned in the Small Schools
Movement."
In P. Hughes (Ed.),
Secondary Education at the
Crossroads
(pp. 145-148). The Netherlands: Springer.
2006
2 proofs
(2000, Nov.
27).
"What's Lost When We
Focus on MCAS."
Boston Globe (p. A15).
3 printed
"Why Don't They Learn? Reading Problems
in our City Elementary Schools."
1960s
2 drafts
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(1997, Jan. 7).
"Why Reading Tests Don't Test Reading
(Revised)."
1997
3 drafts
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(2002,
Sept./Oct.).
"Why Save
Public Education?"
Harvard Education Letter, volume 18,
number 5 (pp. 1-3).
3 printed
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Box 8
(2006, Apr. 2).
"Why We (Progressives) Should Oppose
Federal Control of Schools."
2006
3 drafts
View item(s)
(1999, Aug.
2).
"You Get What You Pay
For."
Los Angeles Times (p.
A13).
2 printed
See: Oversize 3, folder 11
(1999, June
19).
"Your Assignment: Fix
New York's Schools."
New York Times (p. A15).
3 printed
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See also: Oversize 3, folder 11
Subseries:
Reviews, 1968-1996,
undated
Arranged chronologically
Comments on 'Equality of Educational Opportunity,'
1968,
undated
2 drafts
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Book Reviewed: Coleman, J.
Equality of Educational Opportunity.
(1981, Apr.
24).
"Books: Three Paths to
Education."
Commonweal (pp. 244,
246-249).
1 printed
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Book Reviewed: Benjamin, R. (1981).
Making Schools Work: A Reporter's Journey
Through Some of America's Most Remarkable Classrooms;
and Kozol, J. (1981).
On
Being a Teacher.
(1984, Oct. 5).
"Feeding Our Myths: 'To Save Our Schools'
Flunks."
Commonweal, volume 111, number 17
(pp. 536-538).
1 draft, 2 printed
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Work Reviewed:
To Save Our Schools, To Save
Our Children.
(1984). ABC.
Includes correspondence
(1985, May
25).
"The Wrong
Track."
The Nation (pp. 626-628). [incomplete
copy]
2 printed
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Book Reviewed: Oakes, J. (1985).
Keeping Track: How Schools Structure
Inequality.
Yale University Press.
See also:
Writings by
Deborah Meier
, 1 printed
(1985,
Dec. 28-1986, Jan. 4).
"The Moral Bypass."
The Nation, volume 241, number 22
(pp. 717-723). 1985-1986
1 draft, 1 proof, 1 printed
Book Reviewed: Bellah, R. N.,
Madsen, R., Sullivan, W.
M., Swidler, A., &
Tipton, S. A. (1985).
Habits of the Heart: Individualism and
Commitment in American Life.
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Review for
The Harvard Law
Review,
1986,
undated
11 drafts, several incomplete drafts.
View item(s)
Book Reviewed: Rebell, M. A. &
Block, A. R. (1985).
Equality and Education: Federal Civil Rights Enforcement in the
New York City School System.
Princeton University
Press.
Includes correspondence with
The Harvard Law
Review.
With Florence Miller. (1988, Jan. 9).
"The Book of Lists."
The Nation (pp. 25-27).
3 printed.
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Book Reviewed: Ravitch, D. & Finn,
ca. E., Jr. (1987).
What Do
Our 17-Year-Olds Know?
Harper & Row.
See also:
Writings by
Deborah Meier
, 1 printed
(1995,
May-June). Untitled.
Teacher
Magazine
(p. 40).
1 printed
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Book Reviewed: Wasley, P. A. (1994).
Stirring the Chalkdust: Tales of Teachers
Changing Classroom Practice.
See: Oversize 3, folder 17
(1996, Oct.
28).
"Schools for
Citizenship."
The Nation, volume 263, number 13
(pp. 32-38).
2 printed
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Books Reviewed: Postman, N. (1996).
The End of Education: Redefining the Value of
School.
Knopf.; Duckworth, E.
(1996).
'The Having of Wonderful Ideas' and
Other Essays on Teaching and Learning.
Teachers College
Press.; Rose, M. (1996).
Possible Lives: The Promise of Public Education in
America.
Penguin.; Sarason, S. B.
(1996).
Revisiting 'The Culture of the School
and the Problem of Change.'
Teachers College Press.
"Michael Harrington--Reflections
and Memories."
The Yankee Radical (pp. 9-10).
Undated
1 printed
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Book Reviewed: Isserman, M. (2000).
The Other American: The Life of Michael
Harrington.
"Some Observations about Recent Books by
School Teachers, Especially James Herndon's 'The Way It's Spozed
to Be,'"
Undated
2 drafts
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Book Reviewed: Herndon, J.
The Way it's Supposed to Be.
