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ERIC Number: EJ640906
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
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The Case for Small High Schools.
Vander Ark, Tom
Educational Leadership, v59 n5 p55-59 Feb 2002
The Executive Director, Education, for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, describes several shortcomings of large comprehensive high schools. Argues that small schools, be they public, private, or charter, offer a viable alternative to the problems of large schools if they have right essentials such as strong leadership and autonomy. (Contains 14 references.) (PKP)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Educationally Disadvantaged, High Schools, Institutional Autonomy, Leadership Qualities, Small Schools, Urban Schools
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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