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Feldman, Jay; O'Dwyer, Anne – Peabody Journal of Education, 2010
Schools created as part of the small schools movement have been in operation for almost a decade, allowing identification of patterns in their growth. This study examines 4 years of survey data on 12 start-up and 13 conversion small high schools. Start-up small schools, almost all of which began with one grade level and grew by one grade per year,…
Descriptors: Small Schools, High Schools, School Restructuring, Pattern Recognition
Wallach, Catherine A. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2010
School reformers hope that converting comprehensive high schools into collections of small schools will produce results similar to those realized in freestanding small schools. Three themes--personalization, professional community, and shared decision making--exemplify the early successes in conversions. But the challenge of sustaining these gains…
Descriptors: High Schools, Small Schools, Administrative Organization, Educational Change