Small Schools Thinking

At a time when school districts project to spend over $135 billion on K-12 construction in 2005-2007 (Agron, 2005), leaders have an unprecedented opportunity to use facilities planning processes to leverage educational reform.

Whether building new small schools or breaking up large, impersonal schools, planners can create the conditions for improved academic achievement by designing schools more agile and responsive to meeting student needs.

The links above showcase a number of principles, strategies, and design considerations available to systems wanting to “rightsize” their schools.

Areas of Service | Real-world Examples
Smalls Schools Thinking | Small Schools Resources

All learning begins when our comfortable
ideas turn out to be inadequate. — John Dewey

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