Standards of Mind and Heart: Creating the Good High School (the series on school reform) Fir Edition

The high school that is the subject of this book was on a creative track, but then lost its way. Faculty understood the underlying principles, but did not have the methods or mastery to make the dream a reality over the long haul. Today the school has experienced serious violence, theft, declining test scores and many of the same challenges as any other troubled high school in America. It makes one wonder if Silva's book is anything more than a feel-good exercise in creative thinking.