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ERIC Number: EJ592916
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
Countering Anonymity through Small Schools.
Klonsky, Susan; Klonsky, Michael
Educational Leadership, v57 n1 p38-41 Sep 1999
Chicago educators are countering anonymity with smaller schools that have been restructured and "recultured" into small learning communities stressing personalized instruction, high student visibility, and teacher collaboration. Since the mid-1990s, 130 small-design elementary and secondary schools serving 42,000 students have been established. Four schools are profiled. (MLH)
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Benefits, High Schools, House Plan, Individualized Instruction, Nontraditional Education, Partnerships in Education, Program Descriptions, Small Schools, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Anonymity; Chicago Public Schools IL; Learning Communities