Beating the Odds:
High Schools as Communities of Commitment
By Jacqueline Ancess
(Teachers College Press: 2003) $19.95.

Big Buildings, Small Schools:
Using a Small Schools Strategy for High School Reform
Jobs for the Future
A recent survey of urban small school reform efforts; includes both large school conversions and autonomous off-site small schools. See www.jff.org/jff/kc/library/0237.

Breaking Ranks II:
Strategies for Leading High School Reform
National Association of Secondary School Principals
A widely used guide in mainstream district reform efforts. See www.principals.org.

Is Small Beautiful?
The Promise and Problems of Small School Reform
Rethinking Schools, Vol. 19, No. 4
A special issue of Rethinking Schools with reports from New York, Philadelphia, Oakland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and Tacoma. Articles on teaching and learning in small schools, small schools for community power and social justice, privatization, union contracts and reform, the role of the Gates Foundation, and Small School Resources. See www.rethinkingschools.org or order form on page 71.

Philadelphia Public School Notebook
The Spring 2005 edition of this independent education paper had a special focus on small schools. See www.thenotebook.org.