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The Un-Making of an Extraordinary School

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  • Len Solo

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The Making of an Extraordinary School: The Work of Ordinary People is a book I wrote about the Graham & Parks Alternative Public School. It told the story of this truly remarkable, K-8 school in Cambridge, MA, from its founding in 1972 by a group of parents through the early 2000’s. I was principal of the school from 1974 to 2001. This essay is about the un-making of that school, about the internal and external failures that led to its diminution. The school is still quite a good school with teachers doing some really amazing things with and for children. I continue to visit the school and to talk with people there so I know this from personal experience. To tell this revised story, I will need to go over some of the school’s history and its main features.

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  • Len Solo, 2014. "The Un-Making of an Extraordinary School," Nonpartisan Education Review, Nonpartisan Education Review, vol. 10(2), pages 1-17.
    • Handle: RePEc:teg:journl:v:10:y:2014:i:2:p:1-17
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    education; policy;

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    • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education

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