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Theodore R. Sizer

Ted Sizer is arguably the leading educational reformer in the United States. In 1984, he founded the Coalition of Essential Schools and is currently serving as its Chair Emeritus.

	Contact Information Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School Office of the CES Chairman 49 Antietam Street Devens, MA 01432 978-772-2687 tsizer@essentialschools.org

Professor Sizer received his B.A. from Yale, his doctorate from Harvard and held several teaching positions before becoming dean of the Graduate School of Education at Harvard and, subsequently, the headmaster of Phillips Academy in Andover, MA. He is the Founding Director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform.

After retiring from Brown University, Professor Sizer took a one-year position as Head of the Francis W. Parker Essential School. Since the late 1970s, he has worked with hundreds of high schools, studying the development and design of the American education system.

Interviews

Nexus Interview with Ted Sizer: "How Schools Fail Kids and How They Could Be Better" June 2002.

Horace Interview with Ted Sizer: "At the Five-Year Mark: The Challenge of Being 'Essential'" Nov. 1989.

Selected Books by Ted Sizer

• The Students Are Watching: Schools and the Moral Contract (1999, co-authored with Nancy Sizer) order>>
• Horace's Hope: What Works for the American High School (1997) order>>
• Horace's School: Redesigning the American High School (1992) order>>
• Horace's Compromise: The Dilemma of the American High School(1984) order>>
• Places for Learning, Places for Joy (1973) order>>

Fall Forum Speeches

• San Francisco, CA 1997
• Kansas City, MO 1998
• Atlanta, GA 1999
• Providence, RI 2000
• Washington, DC 2002

Visit the Essential Matters Discussion to see postings from and correspond with Ted.