This book provides a guide for a long-overdue public dialogue about why and how we need to reinvent our nation's schools. How has the world changed for our children; what do all students need to know in light of these changes; how do we hold students and schools accountable for results; what do good schools look like; and what must leaders do to create more of these schools? These are some of the questions that drive this book. The answers emerging to these questions may surprise many. The most successful public schools of the 21st century look a lot more like our 19th century village schools than our current factory model of schooling. This book describes these "new village schools" that have been created in the last decade and suggests that they are a prototype for the schools of the future.

Aiden is one of the smartest players on the field. His active brain helps him to respond quickly to the action and anticipate the ball. But that same overactivity doesn't translate to his schoolwork. To him, algebra is a foreign language and his English grade is slipping. His scores are so low that if he doesn't improve, he'll be dropped from the team. Will Aiden make the grade, or will he watch from the sidelines? Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Claw is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

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