Choosing small

By Lisette Lopez, Katherine G. Simon, Jay Feldman Jay Feldman

Subjects: School management and organization, School autonomy, Autonomie, Educational Policy & Reform, High schools, High school, United States, Schulverwaltung, Educational Policy & Reform - School Safety, Education, School improvement programs, Education / Teaching, Secondary, Education / Educational Policy & Reform / School Safety & Violence, School size, Schools

Description: "With low achievement and high drop-out rates plaguing our larger public high schools, communities across the country are creating smaller, more personalized schools that share a larger campus. Drawing on the Coalition of Essential Schools' longtime experience in school design, Choosing Small offers practical and strategic guidance for educators interested in transforming their high school. Featuring interviews with educators experienced in school conversion, the book covers all aspects of the conversion planning and implementation process such as engaging a broad array of stakeholders, working with the district, creating vision statements for the new schools, building leadership and management structures, and identifying curricular options as well as instructional needs."--BOOK JACKET