Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Remaking the American high school -- The state of deeper learning in American high schools -- Deeper learning at the progressive frontier: project-based learning in the modern age -- No excuses and deeper learning: building block or oxymoron? -- International baccalaureate: a system for deeper learning? -- Deeper learning meets the shopping mall high school: -- The long hand of history and the challenge of reinvention -- Deeper learning at the "margins": why the periphery is often more vital than the core -- A different stance: deeper teaching in the disciplines -- Elusive integrations: mastery, identity, creativity, and the future of schooling.

An award-winning professor and an accomplished educator, Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine take us beyond the hype of reform and inside some of America's most innovative classrooms to show what is working--and what isn't. In a world where test scores have been king, this boldly humanistic book offers a rich account of what education can be at its best.-- Provided by publisher