Small Schools, Big Ideas: The Essential Guide to Successful School Transformation

Filled with inspirational stories and illustrative examples from schools that have successfully implemented CES principles and practices, Small Schools, Big Ideas offers information and inspiration needed to:

• Transform schools in order to achieve equitable outcomes for all students
• Understand various school design options
• Establish school vision, mission, and goals to raise educational expectations and results
• Develop transformational leadership
• Cultivate a professional learning community
• Implement student-centered teaching, learning, and curricula
• Build productive relationships with families and communities
• Establish strategies for sustainability

Mara Benitez is senior director of school development for the Coalition of Essential Schools. Jill Davidson is director of publications at CES and also edits its journal, Horace. Laura Flaxman is co-founder and co-principal of ARISE High School, a model school in the CES network. The Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) has been at the forefront of creating and sustaining personalized, equitable, and intellectually challenging schools for over twenty-five years.