June Jordon High School of San Francisco is a small school, by design. Started five years ago by a group of upstarts, comprised of teachers, students and...
After its first year, the school would accept applications for new students. About 400 Schenley students -- those who attend because it's their neighborhood...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Nov 1, 2007 4:00 pm
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Therefore, the Small Learning Community is not a career plan, but a "hook" to get the students interested, Peters said. Article published Oct 31, 2007 City...
Vineland, NJ Daily Jo...
Nov 2, 2007 11:17 am
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Dartmouth High School to explore brave new world var isoPubDate = 'November 01, 2007' November 01, 2007 2:05 PM DARTMOUTH — Joe DeMartino,...
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SouthCoastToday.com
Nov 2, 2007 11:17 am
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Prior to this year, Bonita School has received the label of "Highly Performing" every year since small schools were first graded in 2004.Houser said the small...
Arizona Range News
Nov 2, 2007 11:21 am
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Hi folks, Below are my reactions/responses to Ted Peters and everyone else in Vineland, and elsewhere. But if you want the simple summary of what my...
The LIVEbrary, an online educational program from children's book publisher Annick Press, welcomes guest author Shari Graydon for the fourth week of Media...
Edison Schools is planning to reinvent itself with a $15 million makeover. I acquired a leaked document giving some details and have blogged about it in five...
Small-school architects Thanks to Victoria Bergsagel, one of the best thinkers in the country on school design, for sending along a copy of a beautiful new...
Now its Democratic governor and attorney general, elected when Democrats won five of Ohio’s six top posts last November, are cracking down on the schools,...
Small Schools, Big Benefits By Dan Kinnaman OFTENTIMES RESEARCH confirms common sense. And sometimes it inspires commonsense action. That seems to be the case...
"What we have determined is when you have super-large schools, you lose the personalized learning environment," Brewer said. "So we've implemented a small...
SF CHRONICLE
Nov 12, 2007 3:06 pm
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“I like to make the differentiation between academic rigor and intellectual rigor,” Taylor says. “If you keep the intellect alive, the academics will...
Portland Tribune
Nov 12, 2007 3:06 pm
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Boston.com High-flying pilot schools Study points to range of successes in Boston's experimental program By Tracy Jan, Globe Staff | November 9, 2007 ...
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Nov 12, 2007 3:06 pm
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For my spin on this, see my SmallTalk blog.--Mike Klonsky November 9, 2007 Bard President to Meet With City Over C Grade By ELISSA GOOTMAN One of New...
Secondary schools should split, urge teachers By Richard...
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The Independent
Nov 12, 2007 3:29 pm
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Teachers call for smaller schools Teachers want smaller school units, says report 'Super-size' secondary schools should be broken up into smaller units, says...
BBC
Nov 14, 2007 5:53 pm
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Sir Ken Robinson is one of the foremost critical thinkers in the world today in the fields of creativity, ingenuity, and education. He is to those fields what...
The US showed the way. It developed gigantic schools several decades ago but has now become disenchanted with them and has started to create smaller schools. ...
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The Independent
Nov 15, 2007 5:03 pm
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"We are trying to create smaller learning communities to better track a child's progress," Board of Education member Paul Carver explained. 11/14/2007...
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Herald
Nov 15, 2007 5:04 pm
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“What it’s intended is to give students a taste of what they want to do,” said Marina Scheiner, the coordinator of the smaller learning communities. The...
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Sedalia Democrat
Nov 15, 2007 5:04 pm
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"A room over, Linda Darling-Hammond, an education professor at Stanford, was talking about a handful of California high schools that effectively serve students...
I'm sorry to those who are offended by this, but I was really startled to see San Francisco Unified's June Jordan High School on this list because I am aware...
CMRC &, Austin Polytech win National Career Academy Coalition award St. Louis – Dan Swinney, executive director of the Chicago Manufacturing Renaissance...
CMRC Newsletter
Nov 16, 2007 6:40 pm
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Smaller learning communities Waukegan High to phase in plan November 15, 2007 By RYAN PAGELOW rpagelow@... Using research showing that smaller schools...
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Lake County News Sun
Nov 19, 2007 2:59 pm
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Small classrooms, relevant courses and testing, and opportunities for teachers to collaborate can help California's high schools tackle racial inequities and...
Stanford News Service
Nov 19, 2007 3:02 pm
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I also took a quick look at one number for New Tech High in Sacramento, also cited by Darling-Hammond as a success to be emulated. New Tech has graduated only...
Live Chat Building Professional Learning Communities When: Monday, Nov. 19, 4 to 5 p.m., Eastern standard time Submit questions here in advance. Teacher...
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