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Winner of the Grawemeyer Award "In their brave search for depth in
American high schools, scholars Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine suffered
many disappointments...Undeterred, they spent 750 hours observing
classes, interviewed more than 300 people, and produced the best
book on high school dynamics I have ever read." -Jay Mathews,
Washington Post "A hopeful, easy-to-read narrative on what the best
teachers do and what deep, engaging learning looks like for
students. Grab this text if you're looking for a celebration of
what's possible in American schools." -Edutopia "This is the first
and only book to depict not just the constraints on good teaching,
but also how good teachers transcend them. A superb book in every
way: timely, lively, and entertaining." -Jonathan Zimmerman,
University of Pennsylvania What would it take to transform our high
schools into places capable of supporting deep learning for
students across a wide range of aptitudes and interests? To find
out, Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine spent hundreds of hours observing and
talking to teachers and students in and out of the classroom at
thirty of the country's most innovative schools. To their dismay,
they discovered that deeper learning is more often the exception
than the rule. And yet they found pockets of powerful learning at
almost every school, often in extracurriculars but also in a few
mold-breaking academic courses. So what must schools do to achieve
the integrations that support deep learning: rigor with joy,
precision with play, mastery with identity and creativity? In
Search of Deeper Learning takes a deep dive into the state of our
schools and lays out an inspiring new vision for American
education.
"The best book on high school dynamics I have ever read."-Jay
Mathews, Washington Post An award-winning professor and an
accomplished educator take us beyond the hype of reform and inside
some of America's most innovative classrooms to show what is
working-and what isn't-in our schools. What would it take to
transform industrial-era schools into modern organizations capable
of supporting deep learning for all? Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine's
quest to answer this question took them inside some of America's
most innovative schools and classrooms-places where educators are
rethinking both what and how students should learn. The story they
tell is alternately discouraging and hopeful. Drawing on hundreds
of hours of observations and interviews at thirty different
schools, Mehta and Fine reveal that deeper learning is more often
the exception than the rule. And yet they find pockets of powerful
learning at almost every school, often in electives and
extracurriculars as well as in a few mold-breaking academic
courses. These spaces achieve depth, the authors argue, because
they emphasize purpose and choice, cultivate community, and draw on
powerful traditions of apprenticeship. These outliers suggest that
it is difficult but possible for schools and classrooms to achieve
the integrations that support deep learning: rigor with joy,
precision with play, mastery with identity and creativity. This
boldly humanistic book offers a rich account of what education can
be. The first panoramic study of American public high schools since
the 1980s, In Search of Deeper Learning lays out a new vision for
American education-one that will set the agenda for schools of the
future.
This is Sarah's first published work, which originated as a mere
class project. Upon reading the story, her school Principal, Ms.
Billie Miller, encouraged her to enter it into a local literary
fair, eventually elevating the book's status to the charitable work
it is today. Sarah would like to thank her family, teachers and
friends for their support, and especially those who have assisted
her with the founding of "Volumes of Hope" for giving her the
opportunity to combine two of her greatest hobbies: writing and
helping others.
This book tells the story of Mia Crane, a lonely but talented young
graphic artist from a dysfunctional family, who receives an
unexpected inheritance that brings her back to the small town of
her paternal heritage, into the orbit of the large and exuberant
Lyons clan, and most importantly into the life of playboy architect
Drake Lyons. For the first time in her life she has a place that is
truly her own and a chance for a new beginning, but there are those
who, for a variety of reasons, do not want Mia staying in
Waterford. Dealing with occult rumors concerning her deceased great
aunt, an urban legend of Confederate gold hidden in her newly
acquired house, and the jealousy of other women with designs on the
new man in her life, Mia's decision to stay is fraught with
questions and with potential dangers. The story asks whether the
woman who has never been loved and the man who has never been in
love can find happiness together in Waterford, and what treasures
are worth risking everything for.
In the week since Lela returned to Rhode Island, local news has
been dominated by chilling sightings of human-like creatures
running on all fours. Lela knows there's only one explanation: the
Mazikin have arrived in the land of the living. Needing to maintain
the appearance of a normal life, Lela returns to Warwick High along
with Malachi. At night they hunt for the Mazikin nest along with
two new Guards. Jim, one rogue recruit, repeatedly challenges
Lela's authority. Lela struggles to keep all her Guards on the
right side of the law, but their mistakes come at a terrible cost.
As one painful revelation follows another and the Mazikin start
targeting those closest to her, Lela finds herself more vulnerable
than ever. With an enemy determined to separate soul from body,
Lela must decide how much she's willing to sacrifice to protect
those she loves.
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