Elements of Smallness Create Conditions for Success

Dear Readers

Letters from Michael Klonsky, Director of Small Schools Workshop and Jill Davidson, Horace editor.

Feature Articles

Elements of Smallness Create Conditions for Success
by Jill Davidson

Making Great Teachers into Great Advisors: Advisory Training at Parker Charter Essential School
by Jill Davidson

Personalized Curriculum: Sophomore Core Portfolios at Poland Regional High School
by Jill Davidson

Book Reviews

In Schools We Trust: Creating Communities of Learning in an Era of Testing and Standardization
by Deborah Meier

Learning as a Political Act: The Struggles for Learning and Learning from Struggles
edited by Jose A. Segarra and Ricardo Dobles

Crossing the Stage: Redesigning Senior Year
by Nancy Faust Sizer

The Soul of Education: Helping Students Find Connection, Compassion, and Character at School
by Rachael Kessler

Hooray for Diffendoofer Day
by Dr. Suess with Jack Prelutsky and Lane Smith

Where to Go for More:

Resources for Learning More About Smaller Learning Community Structures and Strategies

Afterword

Individualizing My Own Learning
by Laura Hughes, Senior, The Met