In the Alternative School where I work, we have all school meetings modeled after the Summerhill program in England. I think all school meetings, or even all grade meetings if the school is big, can create the kind of learning community which might combat a school culture in which bullying is allowed to flourish; where kids feel isolated from their peers and teachers, and alienated from the community at large. Let me know what you think.
Jonathan
I saw a wonderful and intriguing video on Summerhill years ago in grad school. I do think these school meetings can be very important to building community among students and faculty. K
Comment by sunyprof — April 10, 2008 @ 11:35 am