THE IDEA OF ARBOR SCHOOL

Written by Kit Hawkins, Founder and Director of the Arbor School of Arts & Sciences, in Arbor's 25th year, The Idea of Arbor School is an "attempt to capture a real place and the truth of a school’s evolutionary process. [It is] an attempt to stand in contrast to all the negative press about schools and point to what has been done and might be done elsewhere." Individual chapters treat:

• First Questions about Children and Schooling

• Philosophy, Principles, and Precepts

• Learning and Teaching

• Curriculum

• A Sense of Belonging

• Self-Renewal and Reflective Practice

• School as an Institution

• Tradition, Ritual, and Culture