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FOREWORD vii PREFACE xiii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii CHAPTER 1 Humanity and Jefferson County Open School 1 CHAPTER 2 The Critical Nature of Mission 13 CHAPTER 3 The Wholistic Nature of Schooling 17 CHAPTER 4 The Power of the Personal 25 CHAPTER 5 Learning as a Passion 47 CHAPTER 6 Belonging and Sense of Community 67 CHAPTER 7 Global Citizenship 89 CHAPTER 8 Life-Long Learning 101 CHAPTER 9 Looking to the Future 109 AFTERWORD 117 APPENDICES 125 BIBLIOGRAPHY 161 INDEX 163 Contents v ...

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