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May 03, 2005
Article: Getting Smaller to Improve the Big Picture
New York has had its share of unsuccessful small schools, but claims to be doing things differently now.
Research by, among others, Jacqueline Ancess of the National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools and Teaching at Columbia University's Teachers College, found that small schools suffered when forced to take root in large school buildings, alongside other schools with conflicting cultures and incompatible approaches to learning.
Getting Smaller to Improve the Big Picture