Deeper Learning

How Eight Innovative Public Schools Are Transforming Education in the Twenty-First Century

Monica R. Martinez, Dennis McGrath

• Publisher: The New Press
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781595589590
• eBook ISBN: 9781620973974
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education Theory & Practice

The acclaimed exploration of how public education can cultivate innovators—with a foreword by Russlynn Ali, a leading advocate for remaking schools

Dime-a-dozen ideas for reforming education seem to be everywhere these days but few actually transform the everyday experience of the 50-million-plus students who are regularly subjected to traditional lecturing, note-taking, and rote learning—often with dismal results. Enter Deeper Learning, "a fast read [that] will interest educators who want to produce self-motivated, passionate learners" (Library Journal).

Offering "uplifting" (Kirkus Reviews) anecdotes in what Tom Carroll of the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future calls a "rare blend of inspiration and practical action," Deeper Learning provides a blueprint for creating flexible environments that put students at the helm of their own collaborative learning experience. This paperback edition includes a new foreword by renowned education advocate Russlynn Ali and will empower and inspire educators everywhere to address the need for schools to be genuinely innovative.

Table of contents

• Cover
• About the Authors
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Introduction: Hope: Eight Reasons for Optimism About the Future of Public Education
• 1. Connect: Create a Community of Learners
• 2. Empower: Activate Students to Lead Their Own Learning
• 3. Contextualize: Tie Subjects to Each Other and Keep It Real
• 4. Reach: Network Beyond School Walls
• 5. Inspire: Customize Learning to Motivate Each Student
• 6. Wire: Make Technology the Servant, Not the Master
• 7. Invest: Designate Deeper Learning as the New Normal
• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• Index