Common Principles for Uncommon Schools

Horace Volume 5 | 1989 | Issue 3

Getting Started in an Essential School Program: Describes school start-up experiences to address such questions as, What are the first steps? Must the whole school take part? How will we find and maintain support? Download PDF

Getting Started in an Essential School Program

For schools beginning to move towards adopting the principles of the Coalition of Essential Schools, the first steps are often the most daunting. How can a few interested people gain the support of an entire staff for a change that will ultimately affect the whole school? How much money will it take to get started, and where will it come

Horace: Volume 5 | 1989 | Issue 3 Published: June 12, 1989 By: Kathleen Cushman Topics: The Change Process

Information and Resources

For more information on the programs referred to in this issue, contact the following people: HOPE HIGH SCHOOL AIbin Moser, Head Teacher 324 Hope Street Providence, RI 02906 (401) 456-9329 PARKWAY SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL Craig Larson, Principal 801 Hanna Road Manchester, MO 63021 (314) 394-8300 RE:LEARNING: FROM SCHOOLHOUSE TO STATEHOUSE Education Commission for the States 1860 Lincoln Street, Suite 300

Horace: Volume 5 | 1989 | Issue 3 Published: June 12, 1989 By: Kathleen Cushman Topics: The Change Process

RE:Learning: New Help in Getting Started

Schools or districts that operate in relative isolation have particular difficulty winning the financial, political, and philosophical support they need to think seriously about educational redesign. At the same time, helping schools to find and maintain support is a growing administrative problem for the Coalition staff at Brown, as the Coalition expands and the number of schools requiring such assistance

Horace: Volume 5 | 1989 | Issue 3 Published: June 12, 1989 By: Kathleen Cushman Topics: The Change Process
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