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 >>

Now available online! Horace 24.1, “Lifecycles of Educators: Essential School Staff Development”, examines the career directions of educators prepared to be 21st century teachers and education leaders, focusing on the challenge of developing the capacity of teachers and school leaders for CES schools.

National Exhibition Month is here! Throughout May there will be many schools participating in the campaign. View the list of activities happening across the network.

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.