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Extensive research into applied best practices in education and the effectiveness of small schools is available online through a wide range of education associations, schools of teaching and other research organizations. The materials assembled below are especially relevant to the instructional and leadership work underway at the Initiative’s partnership schools. The following readings are sorted by type. You can browse through the Articles, Reports and Papers ; followed by Books , Organization Links and Model Small Schools Links ARTICLES, PAPERS & REPORTS Arts and Design Rationale Breaking Up Large High Schools: Five Common (and Understandable) Errors of Execution Tom Gregory, ERIC Digest, December 2001 The Change Leader Michael Fullan, Center for Development and Learning, 2002 The Chicago Report (Is Small Enough...) W. David Stevens, Consortium on Chicago School Research, April 2008 Confronting the Racism of Low Expectations Julie Landsman, Educational Leadership, November 2004 The Early College High School E3, December 7, 2006 Engaging the Community to Support Student Achievement Chris Cunningham, ERIC Digest, No. 157, 1-6, 2002 Essential Leadership in the School Change Process Kathleen Cushman, Horace, 13(4), 1-8, March 1997 Grappling with Autonomy Small Schools Project, The Learning Network, Vol. 2, No. 4 Autonomy, in Legal Issues and Small High Schools: Strategies to Support Innovation, in Washington State . Small Schools Project, Seattle, WA Dollars and Sense: The Cost Effectiveness of Small Schools Knowledge Works Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, 2002 Family Partnerships with High Schools: The Parents' Perspective Mavis Sanders, Joyce Epstein and Lori Connors-Tadros, Center for Research on the Education of Students At Risk, Baltimore, MD, 1999 How Boston Pilot Schools Use Freedom Over Budget, Staffing, and Scheduling to Meet Student Needs , Center of Collaborative Education, New England Small Schools Network Boston, MA, 2001 Knowing and Being Known: Personalization as a Foundation for Student Learning Mary Beth Lambert, Small Schools Project, Seattle, WA 2004 Organizing and Designing Small Schools Though Conversions of Large Comprehensive Schools , Small Schools Project, Seattle, WA Principles at Work : Coalition of Essential Schools, Oakland, CA, 2001 Small High Schools on a Larger Scale: The First Three Years of the Chicago High School Redesign Initiative - June 2006 PDF Smaller, Safer, Saner Successful Schools Joe Nathan and Karen Febey, Center for School Change, National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, and Humphrey Institute, Minneapolis, MN, 2001 Transforming the American High School: New Directions for State and Local Policy . Michael Cohen, The Aspen Institute & Jobs for the Future, Washington, D.C., 2001 Why Rubrics : Technology Incorporated Back to top BOOKS Breaking Ranks II: Strategies for Leading High School Reform National Association of Secondary School Principals, The Education Alliance, Reston, VA, 2004 Building Leadership Capacity in Schools Linda Lambert, Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, Alexandria, VA, 1998 The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners Carol Ann Tomlinson, Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, Alexandria, VA, 1999 Mapping the Big Picture: Integrating Curriculum and Assessment K-12 Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, Alexandria, VA, 1997 One Kid at a Time: Big Lessons from a Small School Eliot Levine, Eliot, Teachers College Press, Williston, VT, 2002 Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom Lisa Delpit, New Press, New York, 1995 Principals and Student Achievement: What the Research Says Kathleen Cotton, Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, Alexandria, VA, 2003 Rethinking High School: Best Practice in Teaching, Learning and Leadership Harvey Daniels, Marilyn Bizar, Steven Zemelman, Heinemann, Portsmouth, NH, 2000 Turning to One Another Margaret J. Wheatley, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, San Francisco, CA, 2002 Using Data to Close the Achievement Gap Ruth Johnson, Corwin Press, Incorporated, Thousand Oaks, CA, 2002 Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together In The Cafeteria? Beverly Daniel Tatum, Basic Books, Philadelphia, PA, 2003 Back to top ORGANIZATIONS LINKS BayCES Beryl Buck Institute for Education Big Picture Company The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Coalition for Essential Schools HORACE Institute for Research and Reform in Education National Staff Development Center Education Northwest (formerly known as Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory) Oregon Business Council Oregon Department of Education Southwest Educational Development Laboratory The Small Schools Project Small Schools Workshop Wisconson Center for Education Research MODEL SMALL SCHOOLS Boston Arts Academy The Gary and Jerri Jacobs High Tech High Julia Richman Education Complex The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center (The Met) Minnesota New Country School (MCNS) New Technology High School Urban Academy Laboratory High School Oregon Small Schools Initiative , a program of E3: Employers for Education Excellence

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