Small Schools Coalition Education Blog
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...
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...
SSC Member Spotlight: Elim Christian School in Texas
One of the most amazing things about small learning communities is Universality... in how we choose to pursue a "Small School" style of education. Within this Universality, the Small Schools Coalition celebrates the cultures and curricula that make each and every...
SSC Member Spotlight: Brainsters School in India
One of the most amazing things about small learning communities is Universality. Within this Universality, the Small Schools Coalition celebrates the cultures and curricula that make each and every small school the world over unique. In this spirit, we are very...
“Normal” Schooling Versus “Alternative” Education
“We do not belong to this material world that science constructs for us. We are not in it; we are outside. We are only spectators. The reason why we believe that we are in it, that we belong to the picture, is that our bodies are in the picture. Our bodies belong to...