School around Us: 25 Years

The history of a classic cooperative parent-run alternative school in Maine is presented in an easily readable new book. Claudia Berman, SCHOOL AROUND US teacher & parent for fifteen years, has captured the spirit of the school & its participants from its inception during the social revolution of the 1970s to the present. The book's topics include how school members dealt with issues of power & equality, self governance by consensus, development of a guiding educational mission & philosophy, holistic curriculum & methods verses the standard curriculum based on the three R's, public school transitions, student experiences, & more. The book reflects all small cooperatives where people are dedicated to learning how to work together with equality & respect. The school has been a place for experimentation & research for innovative educational ideas & methods that support teaching our children to live & work together cooperatively with each other & the earth. Ron Miller, founder of HOLISTIC EDUCATION REVIEW & the Resource Center for Redesigning Education says the book is "possibly the best book on alternative schools since George Dennison's LIVES OF CHILDREN." Order from School Around Us Press, RR 1 Box 1968 Kennebunk, Maine, 04043 or call 207-985-6896. Proceeds go to support the School Around Us Endowment Fund.Berman, Claudia is the author of 'School around Us: 25 Years' with ISBN 9780964375802 and ISBN 096437580X.