Extensive research into applied best practices in education and the effectiveness of small schools is available online through a wide range of education associations, schools of teaching and other research organizations. The materials assembled below are especially relevant to the instructional and leadership work underway at the Initiative’s partnership schools.
The following readings are sorted by type. You can browse through the Articles, Reports and Papers; followed by Books, Organization Links and Model Small Schools Links
Arts and Design Rationale
Breaking Up Large High Schools: Five Common (and Understandable) Errors of Execution
Tom Gregory, ERIC Digest, December 2001
The Change Leader
Michael Fullan, Center for Development and Learning, 2002
The Chicago Report (Is Small Enough...)
W. David Stevens,
Consortium on Chicago School Research,
April 2008
Confronting the Racism of Low Expectations
Julie Landsman, Educational Leadership, November 2004
The Early College High School
E3, December 7, 2006
Engaging the Community to Support Student Achievement
Chris Cunningham, ERIC Digest, No. 157, 1-6, 2002
Essential Leadership in the School Change Process
Kathleen Cushman, Horace, 13(4), 1-8, March 1997
Grappling with Autonomy
Small Schools Project, The Learning Network, Vol. 2, No. 4
Autonomy,
in Legal Issues and Small High Schools: Strategies to Support Innovation, in Washington State.
Small Schools Project, Seattle, WA
Dollars and Sense: The Cost Effectiveness of Small Schools
Knowledge Works Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, 2002
Family Partnerships with High Schools: The Parents' Perspective
Mavis Sanders, Joyce Epstein and Lori Connors-Tadros, Center for Research on the Education of Students At Risk, Baltimore, MD, 1999
How Boston Pilot Schools Use Freedom Over Budget, Staffing, and Scheduling to Meet Student Needs, Center of Collaborative Education, New England Small Schools Network Boston, MA, 2001
Knowing and Being Known: Personalization as a Foundation for Student Learning
Mary Beth Lambert, Small Schools Project, Seattle, WA 2004
Organizing and Designing Small Schools Though Conversions of Large Comprehensive Schools,
Small Schools Project, Seattle, WA
Principles at Work:
Coalition of Essential Schools, Oakland, CA, 2001
Small High Schools on a Larger Scale:
The First Three Years of the Chicago High School Redesign Initiative - June 2006 PDF
Smaller, Safer, Saner Successful Schools
Joe Nathan and Karen Febey, Center for School Change, National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, and Humphrey Institute, Minneapolis, MN, 2001
Transforming the American High School: New Directions for State and Local Policy.
Michael Cohen, The Aspen Institute & Jobs for the Future, Washington, D.C., 2001
Why Rubrics:
Technology Inc.
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Breaking Ranks II: Strategies for Leading High School Reform
National Association of Secondary School Principals, The Education Alliance, Reston, VA, 2004
Building Leadership Capacity in Schools
Linda Lambert, Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, Alexandria, VA, 1998
The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners
Carol Ann Tomlinson, Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, Alexandria, VA, 1999
Mapping the Big Picture: Integrating Curriculum and Assessment K-12
Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, Alexandria, VA, 1997
One Kid at a Time: Big Lessons from a Small School
Eliot Levine, Eliot, Teachers College Press, Williston, VT, 2002
Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom
Lisa Delpit, New Press, New York, 1995
Principals and Student Achievement: What the Research Says
Kathleen Cotton, Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, Alexandria, VA, 2003
Rethinking High School: Best Practice in Teaching, Learning and Leadership
Harvey Daniels, Marilyn Bizar, Steven Zemelman, Heinemann, Portsmouth, NH, 2000
Turning to One Another
Margaret J. Wheatley, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, San Francisco, CA, 2002
Using Data to Close the Achievement Gap
Ruth Johnson, Corwin Press, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, 2002
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together In The Cafeteria?
Beverly Daniel Tatum, Basic Books, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
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BayCES
Beryl Buck Institute for Education
Big Picture Company
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Coalition for Essential Schools
HORACE
Institute for Research and Reform in Education
National Staff Development Center
Education Northwest (formerly known as Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory)
Oregon Business Council
Oregon Department of Education
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
The Small Schools Project
Small Schools Workshop
Wisconsin Center for Education Research
Boston Arts Academy
The Gary and Jerri Jacobs High Tech High
Julia Richman Education Complex
The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center (The Met)
Minnesota New Country School (MCNS)
New Technology High School
Urban Academy Laboratory High School
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