"Every elementary school facility should become acquainted with Nongradedness: Helping it to Happen , confronting its positions, studying the research findings included, and letting its principles guide their reform efforts." --John H. Lounsbury, Georgia College School of Education "Ultimately, the reader will find here not only a useful explication of nongradedness, but something even more essential and enduring: a rich and detailed description of a good school." --Roland S. Barth, Harvard Education Lecturer.