1: The founding and development of the Minnesota new country school -- Little did we know -- Putting ideas to work -- Student ownership : teacher ownership -- The EdVisions Project approach : facilitating student choice -- 2: Building the learning community -- Building learning community : the conscious pursuit of an idea -- Democratic circles -- Experiential learning : why project-based learning works -- Teaching excellence through place-based projects -- 3: Some results of the learning communities -- MNCS graduates : telling lived stories -- Constituting a democratic learning community : the Avalon experience -- Why are these schools cool? : voices of the students and parents.
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