California School Redesign Network

New SRN Website Coming
Look for our new website at this same address on May 28. We are adding new interactive features to help support and network those involved in School Redesign.

As part of our May 28 launch, we will be hosting an interactive discussion group with Deborah Meier.

2003 Summer Institutes
Join us again this year for another great lineup of Summer Institutes. Click here for more information or Register Now!

Teaching Positions
East Palo Alto High School is looking for teachers for the upcoming school year. EPAHS is a Stanford Professional Development charter school. Click here for more information.

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10 Design Features of
Effective Schools

Personalization
Continuous Relationships
Standards & Performance Assessment
Authentic Curriculum
Adaptive Pedagogy
Multicultural & Anti-Racist Teaching
Knowledgeable & Skilled Teachers
Collaboration & Development
Family & Community Connections
Democratic Decision-Making

The features are not arranged in priority order, and, while successful schools tend to include most or all of these elements, not all of them enact each feature in the precise manner it is described here. Schools need to create means for enacting their goals that respond to their local contexts and work for the student, parent, and faculty members of their communities.

Contact Information

California School Redesign Network
CERAS Building, Room 109-M
520 Galvez Mall
Stanford, CA 94305

For more information, contact Julie Henderson at (650) 724-2932 or julieh@stanford.edu.

Featured Links
>> New Small Learning Communities: Findings From Recent Literature
by Kathleen Cotton (Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, 2001) This is a clear, comprehensive overview of the recent research on small schools and small learning communities, with a primary focus on studies completed in the past five years.

>> Transforming the American High School: New Directions for State and Local Policy
by Michael Cohen (Jobs for the Future and the Aspen Institute, 2001) This report identifies key systemic policy changes that are necessary to improve American high schools, including the creation of smaller schools.

>> Small Schools: An Anti-Racist Intervention in Urban America
by Michelle Fine and Linda Powell, in Racial Profiling and Punishment in U.S. Public Schools (ERASE Initiative, 2001) This eloquent piece explains why urban districts in particular need to adopt small schools as a systemic reform strategy.