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...
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...
Feb 2, 2020 | Educational Philosophies, Letters From Friends, small classrooms, Small School Benefits, small school curricula, Small Schools Coalition Members
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...
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...
Nov 4, 2019 | Educational Philosophies, Letters From Friends, Small School Benefits
“True teaching is not an accumulation of knowledge, it is an awakening of consciousness which goes through successive stages.” –Proverb from the Egyptian Temple of Amen Ipet-isut, or “Karnak” This article comes to us by way of an publicly anonymous comrade of the...
Oct 7, 2019 | Educational Philosophies, Small School Benefits, small school curricula
With the new 2019-2020 school year upon us, it is already time for some parents to think about where their child will attend school next year. It’s no secret: Applying to private schools can be stressful. But it does not have to be if you go in with a plan that...
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