{"product_id":"the-power-of-their-ideas-9780807031131b","title":"The Power of Their Ideas","description":"Deborah Meier's acclaimed first book, with a new preface \u003cbr\u003e\"The founder and principal of excellent small schools in East Harlem . . . Meier wants to make all students capable of participating in and sustaining a democracy. . . . Doubters must read Deborah Meier to take a look at that success up close, to watch it begin and grow and flourish.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Lorene Cary, The New York Times Book Review \u003cbr\u003e\"Meier pledges her faith 'in the extraordinary untapped capacities of all our children'; but, unlike so many radical reformers, she is also firmly rooted in the reality of the classroom. . . .What has propelled people like Meier from the periphery to the center of the ongoing school debate is the recognition that a new and different form of public school is no longer a luxury.\"\u003cbr\u003e --James Traub, The New Yorker \u003cbr\u003e\"Written in prose that runs like a clear stream past the sludge of educational discourse. . . .The fate of public education today depends on whether we listen to . . . the Deborah Meiers of the land.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Joseph Featherstone, The Nation \u003cbr\u003e\"A fiery manifesto of Meier's plan for the salvation of public education.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Los Angeles Times \u003cbr\u003e\"A book not of blueprints and slogans, but of essays-reflective and analytical. The Power of Their Ideas is the product of a lively mind.\"\u003cbr\u003e --The Washington Post \u003cbr\u003e\"Anyone who wants to get insight into the current waves of endless 'reform' debate should read it.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Philadelphia Inquirer","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42820957274192,"sku":"9780807031131B","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780807031131-l.jpg?v=1785881779","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/the-power-of-their-ideas-9780807031131b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}