Beacon Press 25 Beacon Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108-2892 Beacon Press books are published under the auspices of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. © 1995 by Deborah Meier All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Beacon Press gratefully acknowledges the support of the Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock. 04 03 02 01 00 15 14 13 12 II Text design by Douglass G. A. Scott Composition by Wilsted & Taylor Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Meier, Deborah. The power of their ideas: lessons for America from a small school in Harlem / Deborah Meier. p. cm. ISBN 0-8070-3110-0 (cloth) ISBN 0-8070-3111-9 (paper) 1. Public schools -- United States. 2. Education -- United States -- Aims and objectives. 3. School management and organization -- United States. 4. Teaching. 5. Educational innovations -- United States. I. Title. LA217.2.M45 1995 372.1'0421'0973-- dc20 94-401196 CIP -iv- |