Know that IGE (Individually Guided Education) is basically an individualized personalized change process that is transformational and lasting, not mere tinkering. what if an examination of principles, themes, etc. of a broad range of national and international proposals for the reform of education in the last 50 years reveals which of these proposals indicates that they (it) are (is) educational reform that is transformative and not tinkering? what if the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993 initiates a reform process that is transformational and lasting. what if the report (Building on 20 years of Massachusetts Education Reform) which covers the development and implementation of The Massachusetts Education Reform Act from 1994 to 2014 reveals the IGE change process especially in cities like Lawrence that are in "Receivership" and in need of drastic transformative change are now in place and working? what if the IDEA (Institute for the Development of Educational Activities, Kettering Foundation) funded Learning Community at Westfield State College from 1976 - 1984 successfully designed and implemented the IGE Change Process for pre inservice teachers to prepare them for their role in an IGE School?
About the Author: Bernard J. Fleury Ed.D. Author of Light Book series that will enlighten you. Here's the meet Bernard video: https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2gHhJGDOeE I am Professor Emeritus at Westfield State University and a Roman Catholic Permanent Deacon. I have an A.A. degree in Classical Languages, a B.A. in History, a M.S. in Elementary Education with a minor in Philosophy, and an Ed.D. in Administration with a minor in Government. I taught in both the undergraduate and graduate divisions at Westfield State University for thirty years and was a Public School teacher and principal for thirteen years. I also served as Director of School Administration at Westfield State University, and as Director of Teacher Education, Academic Vice President, and President protem at International College of the Cayman Islands over a sixteen-year period. At present I am a corporator in the Westfield State University Foundation. I have worn a third hat as an ordained Catholic Permanent Deacon for the past thirty three years. For the past several years I have been devoting my retirement to nonfiction writing, nearly all of which is on the theme of Light as a Someone and a Something. We are all Called Into Life By The Light. Life and Light are tied together. Lifelight describes their relationship best because both our "without" (our physical being) and our "within" (our spirit) are basically light in two different forms: 1.Physical energy that occupies space, has weight, can be measured, and... 2.Psychic or spiritual energy which is a force that causes things to happen and, thus, real energy, but it does not occupy space, have weight, or be empirically measured. That is what we humans are: complex, amazing, wonderful creatures, made in the image and likeness of God for our own sakes, to know, love, and serve him in this life, and be with him forever in heaven. As the titles of my books in the Light series indicate, I explore what light is as a Someone and Something in a number of areas of human experience. My wife Ludmila and I live on a small farm in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains in Western Massachusetts. We have two adult children and one grandson.