Synopses & Reviews
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-193) and index.
Table of Contents
Inviting children into community: growing readers and writers in elementary school / Sandy Bangert with Robert E. Brooke -- A geography of stories: helping secondary students come to voice through readings, people, and place / Phip Ross -- A sense of place / Sharon Bishop -- "Common threads": a writing curriculum centered in our place / Bev Wilhelm -- Being an adult in rural America: projects connecting high school students with community members / Judith K. Schafer -- What to preserve in rising city?: a community confronts the economics of school change / Amy Hottovy -- Career education: creating personal and civic futures through career discernment / Robyn A. Dalton -- Developing school/community connections: the Nebraska writing project's rural institute program / Carol MacDaniels with Robert E. Brooke -- Afterword: mentoring: learning about place-conscious teaching / Marian Matthews.