Place- and community-based education in schools - Smith, Gregory A., 1948-; Sobel, David, 1949- (New York, NY : Routledge, 2010)
Young achievers science and mathematics pilot school -- Place- and community-based education: definitions and antecedents -- Why worry about the local in the era of No Child Left Behind?: a rationale for place- and community-based education -- Place- and community-based education in practice: starting with local knowledge and issues -- Place- and community-based education in practice: starting with the traditional disciplines -- Impact on academic achievement -- Striving for more than test scores -- Collaborating with community partners / Delia Clark -- Leaders as gardeners: creating space for place- and community-based education -- No school is an island, except on the coast of Maine -- Changing schools to embrace the local.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [156]-160) and index
Keywords: Place-based education -- United States; Community and school -- United States