School Within A School
School Within A School (SWS) is an alternative education program based in Brookline High School. Made up of about 120 students, SWS promotes democratic education in the form of a Town Meeting every Wednesday. Students also enjoy smaller class sizes, mixed-level as well as mixed-grade English classes, and a single Dean/Guidance Counselor. Teachers are on a first name basis, and a number of committees, created during Town Meeting or outside of class, convene during the student's free blocks. The program governs itself during Town Meeting, and teachers and students participate in a fair and equal democratic community.
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“For those parents from lower-class and minority communities ... [who] have had minimal experience in negotiating dominant, external institutions or have had negative and hostile contact with social service agencies, their initial approaches to the school are often overwhelming and difficult. Not only does the school feel like an alien environment with incomprehensible norms and structures, but the families often do not feel entitled to make demands or force disagreements.”
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