SPATIAL FIXATIONS

The Downtown School’s new space was beautiful, but one of its doors was creating problems. The second academic year had just begun and the school’s reformers and educators had barely finished moving into their new, and hopefully permanent, home. I had heard much about this new space during the previ...

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Published inDisruptive Fixation Vol. 11; pp. 56 - 86
Main Author Sims, Christo
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Princeton University Press 2017
Subjects
Behavioral sciences
Children
Cities
City districts
Downtowns
Education
Educational environment
Educational institutions
Families
Family members
Formal education
Human geography
Human populations
Human societies
Metropolitan areas
Middle schools
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
Mothers
Neighborhood schools
Parents
Persons
Political geography
Population studies
Professional schools
Schools
Small schools
Social institutions
Social sciences
Sociology
Women
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Summary:The Downtown School’s new space was beautiful, but one of its doors was creating problems. The second academic year had just begun and the school’s reformers and educators had barely finished moving into their new, and hopefully permanent, home. I had heard much about this new space during the previous spring when the school’s designers and leaders scheduled a Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) meeting to discuss the proposed move. The school’s original location on the east side of Manhattan had been temporary and could not accommodate the school as it grew, so the school’s leadership, in partnership with the Department of
ISBN:9780691163987
0691163987
DOI:10.1515/9781400885299-005