Table of Contents
Education for Everyone 4
Chapter 1 Working with the Environment 7
Water, Water, Everywhere
Boat Schools, Chalanbeel Region, Bangladesh 8
A Spot of "Green" in a Desert
Druk White Lotus School, Shey, India 10
Protecting the Amazon
Rainforest School, Xixuaú, Brazil 12
High Winds Turned into High Hopes
Arthur Ashe Charter School, New Orleans, United States 14
New Ideas for Old Resources
Gando Primary School, Gando, Burkina Faso 16
Out of the Rubble
Tent Schools, Port-au-Prince, Haiti 18
Every Day Is Earth Day
Dr. David Suzuki Public School, Windsor, Canada 20
Chapter 2 No School? No Way! 23
From Trash to Textbooks
Stung Mean Chey Center, Phnom Penh, Cambodia 24
A Chance for Change
Shree Santi School, Ramche, Nepal 26
The Promise of School
Naning'oi Girls Boarding School, Mosiro, Kenya 28
Small School, Big Changes
Shahid Rajaei Elementary School, Kalou, Iran 30
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Zhongdong Primary School, Zhongdong, China 32
ABC Is for Everyone
ABC School, Mutundwe, Uganda 34
Off the Streets, Into School
El Hogar de Amor y Esperanza, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 36
Building Hope in a Refugee Camp
Beldangi-II Refugee Camp, Jhapa District, Nepal 38
Chapter 3 One Size Doesn't Fit All 41
A School on the Move
Evenk Nomadic School, Siberia, Russia 42
The Portable Schools Protect
Portable Schools, Bangkok, Thailand 44
Going to School Half a World Away
Alberta Distance Learning Centre, Kone, New Caledonia, and Beyond 46
Taking It to the Streets
Mobile Schools Around the World 48
Schools That Go to Kids
Door Step School, Pune and Mumbai, India 50
A Sense of Independence
Hazelwood School, Glasgow, United Kingdom 52
A Step Up with Platform Schools
Train Platform Schools, Bhubaneswar, India 54
The "Unschool" in a Tree House
Grand Oaks Academy, Paris, United States 56
Off to Class, Everyone 58
Map: Around the World 60
Resources 62
Credits and Acknowledgments 63
Index 64
