In Creating New Schools’s introduction, Evans Clinchy-Senior Consultant at the Institute for Responsive Education at Northeastern University -questions the possibilities of autonomy within large districts, specifically Boston and New York. Linda Nathan and Larry Myatt’s chapter on the history and trajectory of Fenway Middle College High School compellingly describes that autonomy, specific challenges to it and the exhilarating and exhausting
Here are some starting points for funding, support and inspiration for schools planning architectural change to support personalization and more powerful learning. U.S. Department of Education’s Smaller Learning Communities Program Many schools find funds to support architectural restructuring through the United States Department of Education’s Smaller Learning Communities Program, a $45 million grant program aimed to develop, implement or expand