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Guardrails
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...
Faculty Housing In Independent Schools
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...
Coping with COVID-19: CELC Middle School in Branford Connecticut
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 was...
Coping with COVID-19: The Grauer School in Encinitas
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 present...
The Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO)
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...
SSC Member Spotlight: Score Academy in Florida
Here at the Small Schools Coalition, we are all about, well, small schools! On more than one occasion, we have waded into the still-somewhat muddy waters of exactly what number of students in a classroom constitutes a small learning community. We have also discussed...