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...
Jan 16, 2020 | Education Hot Topics, Educational Philosophies, Small School Benefits, small school curricula
“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...
Dec 18, 2019 | Education Hot Topics, Letters From Friends, small school curricula, Small Schools Coalition Members
“When we experience nature’s amazing beauty,we feel in awe of its healing benefits.” Doug Gibson Ecologist and Executive Director, The Nature Collective As 2019 draws to a close, we at the Small Schools Coalition remain most grateful for our faculty,...
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