Guided by a set of Common Principles, CES strives to create and sustain a network of personalized, equitable, and intellectually challenging schools.
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Fall Forum is our main signature event. See highlights from last year’s conference and find out more >>

Deadline for submitting Fall Forum proposals has been extended to Wednesday, May 28th. Submit your proposals now!

CES is co-sponsoring a New England symposium on performance assessment in celebration of National Exhibition Month. The symposium happens on May 28th, in Providence, Rhode Island.

Francis Parker Charter Essential School is featured in a Boston Globe article on exhibitions and essential questions.

The CES Summer Institute will take place in Portland, Oregon, July 14-18. Find out more about conference registration and to make hotel reservations.

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The CES Small Schools Project is creating a new generation of CES schools through mentorship - connecting veteran, exemplary CES Mentor Schools with small, instructionally powerful, new and reconfigured CES schools - and supporting their work with grants, extensive professional development opportunities, and research.
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CES EssentialVisions DVD series

Horace, CES's quarterly journal

CES National Research, featuring Essential Analysis, a new resource for administering and analyzing surveys that support CES-focused data-based inquiry.