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 21, 2019 | Letters From Friends, School Costs, Small School Benefits, Small Schools Coalition Members
The Small Schools Coalition is all about relationships. Relationships between schools, educators, administrators and, of course, the communities we serve. Our founder, Dr. Stuart Grauer, recently took part in long-distance conversation with a parent from New Jersey...
Aug 19, 2019 | School Costs, Small Classrooms, Small School Benefits, Small School Curricula
There are many different opinions regarding the best educational environment for stimulating learning and growth. But what does research on optimal class size say about large schools and classrooms versus small ones? In order to answer this question, we must first...
Jul 1, 2019 | School Costs, Small Classrooms, Small School Benefits
By Stuart Grauer, Ed.D., Head of School at The Grauer School in Encinitas California Large Schools vs. Small Schools: Stark Differences Schools and school districts have grown steadily in size for well over 100 years. But since the 1960s, teachers have been...
Jun 12, 2019 | School Costs, Small School Benefits
By Stuart Grauer, Ed.D. The Small Schools Coalition and The Grauer School This paper is a review of the costs of small schools (300 or fewer students) as compared to the costs of large consolidated schools (over 700). We kept finding that, with rare exception, when...
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