Living Wisdom School of Palo Alto is overjoyed to announce the publication of a new book: Happiness & Success at School.
Our director, Helen Purcell, says, “It’s a wonderful book and fun to read. I hope that all parents who are seeking an education for their children that includes a balance of academic excellence and the development of indispensable personal qualities that will help to ensure their success in school and for all their lives will read this book.”
How to Read Happiness & Success. You can read the chapters online (see table of contents below), download the book as a PDF (2nd Edition, July 2022; 6mb), or purchase a copy on Amazon.
Table of Contents
2. What Do You Want for Your Child?
Happiness & Success in the Real World
3. Happiness and Success at Google
4. Ancient Secrets of Happiness & Success
5. Happiness and Success at Harvard
6. Happiness and Success at Stanford and MIT
7. Happiness and Success in Math Class
8. Happiness and Success in the History of Education
9. Happiness, Success, and the 5 Stages of a Child’s Development
10. Happiness and Success: the Love Plant Approach
11. Happiness, Success, and Academic Achievement
12. Happiness, Success, and Education for Life: Grades Tell the Story
13. Bill Aris’s Truth: Happiness and Success in Sports & the Military
14. How to Improve Schools Using Coaching Principles
15. Sir Ken Robinson on Creativity at School
16. Happiness, Success, and Feelings: A Brief Photo Essay
The Science of Happiness & Success
17. Happiness, Success, and the Science of Positive Feelings
18. Happiness, Success, and the “Social Brain”
20. How Raw Feelings Interfere with Learning
21. It’s Time We Started Raising Organic Children
22. The Super-Efficient Classroom
Meet the Teachers
23. A Conversation with Former LWS Second Grade Teacher Kshama Kellogg
24. A Conversation with LWS Kindergarten Teacher Lilavati Aguilar
25. Rose Atwell: LWS Alumna, Teacher, Actor, Chef
26. Can the Arts Help Children Excel Academically?
27. Happiness, Success, and the Curriculum in Grades TK-8
Meet the Parents
28. Meet the Parents: Esther Peralez-Dieckmann
29. Meet the Parents: Jack Dieckmann
Testimonials for Living Wisdom School
30. Living Wisdom Graduates Enjoy Varied and Exciting Careers
31. More Testimonials for the Living Wisdom Schools
32. Final Thoughts: On Choosing Your Child’s School
Appendices
Appendix 1: Education for Life Resources
Appendix 2: Education for Life and the Living Wisdom Schools
Appendix 3: Research that Supports Education for Life
About the Author. George Beinhorn serves as our school’s web content manager. A graduate of Stanford University (BA ‘63, MA ‘66) he has been associated with the Living Wisdom Schools since 1976. George has enjoyed a long and fruitful career as a writer and editor with clients in technology, publishing, and academia. (Among his more interesting projects, he edited the “Best doctoral dissertation in computer science in 2008 at Stanford University.”) He is the author of The Joyful Athlete: The Wisdom of the Heart in Exercise & Sports Training.
