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 2, 2019 | Letters From Friends, Small Classrooms, Small School Benefits, Small Schools Coalition Members
Community involvement is a foundational cornerstone of every successful small school. In fact, schooling was synonymous with a community’s culture; up until only about 150 years ago, when centralized education ushered in large institutions and standardized curricula....
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 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...
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...
Sep 25, 2019 | Educational Philosophies, Small Classrooms, Small School Benefits, Small School Curricula
“The fact is that given the challenges we face, education doesn’t need to be reformed — it needs to be transformed. The key to this transformation is not to standardize education, but to personalize it, to build achievement on discovering the individual...
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