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WHAT'S NEW AND IMPORTANT IN THIS BOOK: (1) A bottom-up reform plan for public education that puts students at the center of learning and makes them passionate learners. (2) A 'life-quality-Mission' that animates the participation and cooperation of all constituents. ( 3) Studens will consider, debate, learn and write about what makes a quality life for themselves and others during their entire 12, 16 or more years of schooling. (4) A new authority, freedom and dignity for students and teachers, and new responsibilities. (5) A description of an unlimited curriculum that enables students to learn anything they want that could improve the quality of their lives. It complements the core, academic curriculum. (6) Constant opportunities to learn negotiating skills that are essential to all good relationships and quality lives. (7) How children and young adults can manage their sexual needs and emotions in ways that enhance the quality of their lives and avoid behaviors that damage them. (8) The elimination of autocratic administrative and teaching practices that destroy student life quality and motivation. (9) How student autonomy is developed that is essential for quality lives and democratic citizenship. (10) Students will have a voice in public policy by interviewing and corresponding with important adults and publishing what they learn in books, videos and articles.

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Author James C. Leiter, B.A, MBA I graduated in 1952 from Dartmouth College in English Literature and Art History. In 1960 I received a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. In 1953 I graduated with honors from the United States Air Force Officers Candidate School. I was honorably discharged in 1954 when the Korean War ended. From 1954-1984 I owned and managed Leiter's Designer Fabrics, which in the 1970s had 3000 part-time sales agents throughout the continental United States and sales of over six million dollars. In 1986 I moved to Morelia, Mexico. During the period 1986-2005 I owned and operated an export business of Mexican artisan products. In 2005 I retired in order to dedicate myself to studying the problems of public education and to the development of experimental programs in a kindergarten, a primary, a secondary and a preparatory school in Las Trincheras de Morelos, a marginal community in the city of Morelia, Michoacan. In the last two years I have written four editions of this book.

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