About Harmony School
 Since
its founding in 1974, Harmony School has been dedicated to the historic
purpose of schooling: preparing young people to participate thoughtfully
and actively in our democratic society. Harmony School provides a setting
in which teachers, students, researchers, administrators, parents, and
community members come together to develop creative yet sensible educational
theories, practices, and materials. Under the direction of Steve Bonchek,
M.Ed., Harmony's early childhood, elementary, middle, high school, and
community youth programs have pioneered imaginative approaches to student/teacher
relationships, integration of social services into the school environment,
curricular and instructional design, student learning, and school governance.
State officials, business leaders, professional associations, and numerous
educators from around the nation have recognized Harmony School for
its highly successful policies and programs. In 1990, with the creation
of the Office of Outreach Services and the Institute for Research, the
Harmony School Education Center was established. In 2000 the Harmony
School Education Center became the home of the National School Reform
Faculty and in 2001 the home of the Looking At Student Work Collaborative.
Harmony School Education Center is a unique organization dedicated to
substantive change in schools. Harmony serves as a setting in which
inventive ideas can be applied and as a demonstration site from which
other educators can learn. The synergistic power of Harmony School Education
Center lies in the relationship that exists among components. Harmony's
school and community programs, the Institute for Research, the Office
for Outreach Services , the National School Reform Faculty and the Looking
At Student Work Collaborative operate in concert with each other. This
collaboration creates a dynamic environment which fosters creative,
working solutions to the complex challenges of educating today's young
people.
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