Central Park East and Its Graduates
Subtitle: Learning by Heart (School Reform, 29)
Contributors: Deborah Meier (Foreword)
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: November 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 155
ISBN-13: 9780807739921
Subjects: Educational systems; Schools; Urban communities; c 1970 to c 1980; c 1980 to c 1990; c 1990 to c 2000; Educational Policy & Reform; Central Park East Elementary School (New York, N.Y.); Urban schools; Education / Teaching; Minority Studies - General; Education; USA; Elementary; Central Park East Elementary S; New York (State); Evaluation; Case studies; Minorities; New York
First sentence: I STILL REMEMBER how skeptical I felt when I first heard about Central Park East Elementary School more than 20 years ago.
Notes: CONTENTS:

Searching for meaning in the survey data -- Individual pathways to learning -- Pathways to emotional and social growth -- Racial dimensions of a learning community -- “We bought the dream’’ : the parent-school partnership at Central Park East -- “And then they will become gifted’’ : CPE graduates look to the future -- Creating a learning community -- Afterword, by Alice Seletsky -- Appendix A: New York City elementary public school students as a comparison group -- Appendix B : Alice Seletsky’s reports on Valerie Sanchez.