Resources
As we continue to develop the Boggs Education Center, we are committed to a process of research, discussion, and reflection on educational theories, pedagogies and models. We have found that the following sources and schools have influenced our model.
Books
An Ethic of Excellence: Building a Culture of Craftsship with Students, (2003) Ron Berger
A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, (2006) Daniel Pink.
Education to Govern, (1974) Grace Lee Boggs
Freedom Schooling: Bringing the Neighbor Back into the Hood. (2005) Grace Lee Boggs, forward by Al DeFreece.
Handbook of Social Justice in Education, (2008) William Ayers, Therese Quinn, and David Stovall.
Inquiry-Based Learning Using Everyday Objects: Hands-On Instructional Strategies That Promote Active Learning in Grades 3-8, (2003) Amy Edmonds Alvarado and Patricia R. Herr.
Integrating Inquiry Across the Curriculum, 2005 Richard Audet and Linda Jordan
Keeping the Promise?: The Debate over Charter Schools, (2008) Leigh Dingerson, Barbar Miner, Bob Peterson, and Stephanie Walters.
Living for Change: An Autobiography, (1998) Grace Lee Boggs
Multiple Intelligences in the Elementary Classroom (2005) Susan Baum, Julie Viens, and Barbara Slatin.
Place-based Education: Connecting Classrooms & Communities, (2004) David Sobel and James Tylor.
Place-Based Education in the Global Age: Local Diversity, (2007) George Smith and A. Gruenwald.
Project Based Learning with Young Children, (2002) Deborah Diffily and Charlotte Sassman
Rethinking Schools, Quarterly Publication.
Teaching Children to Care: Management in the Responsive Classroom (1992) Ruth Sidney Charney.
Teaching and Learning Through Inquiry: A Guidebook for Institutions and Instructors, (2004) Virginia S. Lee.
The Disappearance of Childhood, (1994) Neil Postman
The End of Education, (1996) Neil Postman
The Essential Conversation: What Parents and Teachers can Learn from Each Other, (2003) Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason, (2006) Alfie Khon
Other School Models That Have Influenced Our Thinking
Ann Arbor Learning Community www.annarborlearningcommunity.org
El Puente Academy www.elpuente.us/homepage.htm
Forest Grove Community School www.fgcschool.org
Nsoroma Institute www.nsoroma.org
The Learning Community www.thelearningcommunity.com
Upland Hills School www.uplandhills.org
Posted on July 14th 2009