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Title:

Is small beautiful? : the promise and problems of small school reform.

Publisher:

Rethinking Schools,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

71p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Small schools--United States.
School size.
Educational change--United States.

Other Titles:

Rethinking schools.

Notes:

A special edition of Rethinking schools, summer 2005, v. 19, no. 4. Cover title. Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Our picks for curriculum and policy materials. Resources: small schools express -- No child left untested : small is volatile / by Herbert Kohl -- Short stuff -- Strange stuff -- Not in our name / by Michelle Fine -- Standardizing small / by Ann Cook and Phyllis Tashlik -- An open letter to Bill and Melinda Gates / by Michael Charney -- The Gates Foundation and small schools / by Barbara Miner - - Small schools doubletalk : a guide for users and the used -- Creating democratic schools / by Deborah Meier -- 'A little school in a little Chinatown' / by Debbie Wei -- Student voices: Perspectives on small schools -- Small resources: Resources relevant to small school reform -- When small is beautiful : an interview with Héctor Calderón -- Tackling tracking / by Ian McFeat -- Rhetoric or reality? / by Linda Christensen -- My small school journey / by Craig Gordon -- Bargaining for better schools / by Diana Porter -- 'We're not blind. Just follow the dollar sign' / by Pauline Lipman -- Communities struggle to make small serve all / by David Stovall -- Parents fight school closings / by Julie Woestehoff -- Youth take the lead on school reform issues / by Fernando Carlo, et al. -- Good stuff: Small is small / by Herbert Kohl -- Resources: Our picks for curriculum and policy materials.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)62276847

Locations:

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)