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From Teacher to Teacher Publications:

  • Looking for an Argument: An Inquiry Based Course
  • Teaching American History: An Inquiry Approach
  • Proficiencies: A Performance Assessment
  • Proficiencies: A Case Study of Art Criticism
  • Talk Talk Talk: Discussion at the Heart of Inquiry Based Learning
  • Community Service: External Learning

    More Books:
    Beating the Odds: High Schools As Communities of Commitment
    By Jacqueline Ancess and Linda Darling-Hammond | Read the review

    The Flickering Mind
    by Todd Oppenheimer
    Part 3, Chapter 11: "Getting Real at New York's Urban Academy High School"
    Read the reviews

    High Schools on a Human Scale
    By Thomas Toch (Beacon Press)

  • A Small School With Big Ideas