Coalition of Essential Schools

10/16/2018

Hi friends. Here's updated information about the Saturday, November 3 "Conversation Among Friends" conference happening in Providence, RI. Please join us to share how Ted Sizer's work is showing up in teaching and learning today!

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09/28/2018

Hi friends! We're sharing an update to the "Conversation among Friends" conference that's happening on Saturday, November 3 in Providence. In addition to Nancy Sizer, Deborah Meier has agreed to join the gathering and will be speaking. Please consider joining us to keep the conversation going and moving into the future.

09/12/2018

Connect with CES friends and others at "A Conversation Among Friends: Ted Sizer's Work Today and Tomorrow." This gathering will take place at the Wheeler School in Providence, RI on Saturday, November 3. See attached flier for more info and please register at http://bit.ly/conversationamongfriends. And please share with others who might want to join us!

02/27/2018

Students: Know your rights when protesting

03/24/2017

Heads up for people who will be at Deeper Learning 2017 in San Diego next week. Jill Davidson will be hosting a CES meet-up during breakfast on Thursday, March 30. Come by and say hi!

View more about this event at Deeper Learning 2017

03/10/2017

In which we say goodbye and thank you.

As planned and previously announced, the Coalition of Essential Schools’ Executive Board voted in December 2016 to cease the organization’s operations. We’re sending this final email to share information about ongoing access to our resources, the ways you can continue to stay connected to the CES ne...

02/10/2017

Today in Education Week, Nancy Sizer reflects on the conclusion of CES's long-running conversation. Thank you, Nancy, for your decades of insight, and leadership--and for these wise words. Please share to show your ♥ for Nancy!

After 33 years, the progressive Coalition of Essential Schools shutters its national operations, and Nancy Faust Sizer looks ahead.

02/01/2017

Feb 12 webinar on implementing performance assessment from FairTest and the NY Performance Standards Consortium!

Join Ann Cook of the New York Performance Standards Consortium and Monty Neill of FairTest in this free webinar about performance assessment, Sunday, February 12, from 8 – 9 PM EST. The Consortium's public high schools ignore most state-mandated tests and, instead, award diplomas based on completion...

01/31/2017

Two CES schools were chosen last year as National Education Policy Center (NEPC) Schools of Opportunity. All are encouraged to apply!

BOULDER, CO (January 30, 2017) - The 2017 Schools of Opportunity application cycle launched today at www.SchoolsofOpportunity.org. Building on the success of the past two years, the National Education Policy Center at CU Boulder will again recognize public high schools that are creating remarkable o...

01/27/2017

Nancy Sizer shares a letter to Senator Lamar Alexander that clarifies Ted Sizer's stance on school choice, reminding us that Ted believed that "money for children in the public sector should stay in that sector."

The school reformer believed in choice, comments his widow and fellow reformer, Nancy Sizer -- but also in keeping public money in public schools.

01/17/2017

Recommended: CSSR's Designing for Student Success, Student-Centered Secondary Schools Showcase, Feb 15-17, San Diego http://cssr.us/upcoming-events/redesigning-for-student-success

Join the conversation that began over twenty years ago with Breaking Ranks and the CSSR/NASSP Secondary School Showcases. The Center for Secondary School Redesign and the Edexcellence Group invite you to sunny San Diego for Redesigning for Student Success: Student-Centered Secondary Schools Showcas...