In Schools We Trust: Creating Communities of Learning in an Era of Testing and Standardization

"A wise and beautiful book that elevates the level of debate on tests and school reform."
--Jonathan Kozol, author of Savage Inequalities
A visionary look at trust and schools that takes on some of today"s hottest education issues--from testing to small schools--all grounded in stories of the innovative and hugely successful public schools Deborah Meier has famously founded.
"A rich, nuanced reflection on trust and schooling that examines trust"s many layers. . . . A terrific, important book."
--Mike Rose, author of Possible Lives
"A passionate, jargon-free plea for a rerouting of educational reform, sure to energize committed parents, progressive educators and maybe even a politician or two."
--Publishers Weekly
"Listen carefully to Deborah Meier"s In Schools We Trust: She speaks to the heart of a school--and of democracy itself."
--Theodore R. Sizer, author of Horace"s Compromise and founder of the Coalition of Essential Schools.
MacArthur Award-winning educator Deborah Meier is author of The Power of Their Ideas (Beacon / 3113-5 / $14.00 pb) and Will Standards Save Public Education? (Beacon / 0441-3 / $12.00 pb). She lives in Hillsdale, New York,
and Boston, Massachusetts.