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xi Contents Foreword (Arianna Huffington) xiii I The Search for Meaning: 1. Dropping Out/Buying In 3 2. Engaging Students: A Seven Point Plan 11 II A New Social Studies: 3. Meaning in Social Studies 29 4. Social Welfare at the Core 43 III The Environment: 5. Learning for Earth’s Sake and Ours 57 6. The Campus as Classroom 71 IV Politics and Education: 7. The Political Dimension in Education 81 8. Nations Confronting Their Shadow 91 V Opposites: Testing and the Arts: 9. Testing: Great Is Our Sin 103 10. The Arts: Transformation, Discovery, Surprise 117 VI New Forms of Engagement: 11. New Roads School 135 12. The Educational Village 149 xii Conclusion I: The Engagement Process 167 Conclusion II: Winds From the Future 173 Bibliography 177 Permissions 209 ...

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