Common Principles for Uncommon Schools

Horace Volume 7 | 1991 | Issue 4

Behavior in a Thoughtful School: The Principle of Decency: Looks at how the climate in two Essential schools affects both teachers and students and identifies characteristics of a decent school; includes one school's model for student decision making. Download PDF

A Model for Student Decision Making

Major school decisions are made by students and staff voting on proposals: one person, one vote. Some decisions must be made by the staff because of law, education policies of New York State and the city school district, and the spirit and philosophy of the school. The decision-making process was developed by the school community in 1976 in order to

Horace: Volume 7 | 1991 | Issue 4 Published: October 12, 1991 By: Kathleen Cushman Topics: Classroom Culture

Behavior in a Thoughtful School: The Principle of Decency

How people in a school behave to each other – in classrooms, halls, central office and faculty lounge – sets a tone that has profound effects on what students learn. What makes a school a decent place to be? Walk into a school and you can tell almost at once if it is a decent place to be. The signals

Horace: Volume 7 | 1991 | Issue 4 Published: October 12, 1991 By: Kathleen Cushman Topics: Classroom Culture
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