Mar 15, 2023 | Education Hot Topics, Educational Philosophies, Small School Benefits, small school curricula
Did you know that growing numbers of students in our country are afraid to express their ideas in the classroom? They will just not speak their mind. This is not because they think they might be wrong. No. It is more because they worry that so many things on their...
Mar 14, 2023 | Education Hot Topics, School Costs, Small Schools Coalition Members
I moved to Encinitas, California, in 1990 with the lure of Southern California point breaks, woodies cruising the town, flower fields everywhere, and an aversion to L.A. By 1992, I had purchased my home there, with a view overlooking what would become the site of The...
Oct 4, 2020 | Coping with COVID19, Education Hot Topics, small classrooms, Small School Benefits, Small Schools Coalition Members
The Small Schools Coalition is moving our Coping with COVID-19 series from coast-to-coast… by following up our article on The Grauer School in Encinitas, California with today’s spotlight on our friends at CELC Middle School in Branford, Connecticut. CELC...
Sep 21, 2020 | Education Hot Topics, small classrooms, Small School Benefits, small school curricula, Small Schools Coalition Members
The education community is experiencing an unprecedented situation. Methods of instruction and delivery have been thrown completely on their heads… while also turned upside down and backwards. In the spirit of adversity breeding true human empowerment, we...
May 8, 2020 | Educational Philosophies, small school curricula, Small Schools Coalition Members
Democracy is one of the cornerstones of life in the United States and, as we firmly set out feet in the year 2020, many other countries worldwide. So, it stands to reason that our mainstream public education systems were created to replicate active democratic...
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