One Kid at a Time: Big Lessons from a Small School (Series on School Reform)
Imagine a high school where there are no classes, grades, or  tests; where each teacher is responsible for only 14 students,  and students stay with the same teacher all four years; where  the learning style of each student is accommodated; and where  students complete internships in the real world based on their  interests. This is the concept practiced at the Metropolitan  Regional Career and Technical Center (the Met), a public high  school in Providence, RI. Students are selected from a lottery  of applicants and come from a variety of economic and academic  backgrounds. Levine, who immersed himself in the Met for two  years, describes the school's first four years. It's to be  expected that such a unique school would have its critics, but  few could argue with the school's successes. Even its creators  say that it's not the answer to all that ails American  education, but they believe that it holds many of those  answers among them, small, personalized schools, teachers and  administrators who know the students well, and a focus on  learning through the students' interests. Levine succeeds in  bringing the Met to life for readers. Most libraries will  welcome this volume into their collection. Terry Christner,  Hutchinson P.L., KSCopyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.