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Diana Meehan
Dear Librarian, Twelve years ago, three mothers met for coffee to talk about starting a girls' school. Motivated by a conviction that girls' schools are good for girls, encouraged by recent research that bolstered that belief, and blinded by ignorant optimism, we opened our school in three rented rooms and a public park. We had a clear mission: educating girls—all kinds of girls from all kinds of backgrounds—in the ways they learn best. We immediately got into trouble. Eventually, we survived, the girls thrived, and the pioneer graduating classes won awards and scholarships and admission to every prestigious university in the country. Although we were the first school founded on the latest research about how girls learn, thirty-five more—public and private—have since opened. From New York to Oakland, Seattle to Atlanta, Chicago to Dallas, I visited six of them. They, too, made mistakes and missteps. They, too, are succeeding. In its tenth year, our school has 500 students on a beautiful seven-acre campus, a championship debate team, accomplished artists, a respected, nationally-known robotics team, even a winning tennis team. LEARNING LIKE A GIRL is our story. I hope it inspires readers to look closely at their own communities to see if girls learn and grow and flourish. Thank you for being so supportive of my work, Diana www.learninglikeagirl.com
Learning Like a Girl / Diana Meehan / PublicAffairs / Hardcover; 324 Pages
Price: $24.95 / ISBN: 978-1586484101 / Published: May, 2007 Diana Meehan is one of our featured authors this week. Click here to view her reader comments and feel free to use them in your newsletters. |