David Marshak Libri

The book offers practical insights for high school teachers adapting to block scheduling, drawing on studies from eleven experienced educators. It explores effective strategies for transitioning from shorter class periods to longer ones, innovative time management techniques, and structural program innovations. Additionally, it emphasizes the role of instructional coaching in enhancing teaching and learning during block periods, providing a comprehensive resource for educators seeking to improve their skills in this new format.

The Common Parenting and Educating for Wholeness presents the teachings about child raising and education of Rudolf Steiner, Sri Aurobindo Ghose, and Hazrat Inayat Khan. The book reveals the powerful similarities among these three teachings, which together describe a common vision of human nature and human growth from birth to age twenty-one. This common vision provides parents with a profound understanding of children as whole beings and of their capacities and needs physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. It offers teachers and parents a detailed description of what children need in their schooling at various ages if they are to grow into wholeness and manifest their potential.

Focusing on the benefits of longer teacher assignments, the book highlights how extended relationships between teachers, students, and parents can enhance learning. It argues that continuity fosters personalized education, boosts academic achievement, and improves emotional support. Additionally, it emphasizes the development of self-management skills, increased student enthusiasm for learning, and stronger partnerships between parents and teachers. Overall, it advocates for a collaborative, long-term approach to education that enriches the school experience for children and teens.