Product Description: This book tells the story of a community of teachers, parents, and students who thoughtfully took charge of their very conventional circumstances and created a very unconventional school. With authority and liveliness, Nehring, a veteran teacher who led the development of the school, describes the many challenges faced and overcome in The Bethlehem Lab School from its inception as a proposal in 1988 to the graduation of its first senior class...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A high school social studies teacher provides an insider's perspective on how one school tackled the issue of school reform and why they failed, and offers suggestions for bringing about real change