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Recent Publications


  • From Large School Buildings to Small School Campuses: Orchestrating the Shift
    From Large School Buildings to Small School Campuses: Orchestrating the Shift

    November 2005 - This book describes the redesign of 21 formerly large-school campuses over the course of the 2004–2005. Building on the shared thinking of educators and design professionals, New Visions and the New York City Department of Education worked to create physical spaces that support instructional strategies that meet the needs of students in the 21st century.

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  • Reframing Education: The Partnership Strategy and Public Schools
    Reframing Education: The Partnership Strategy and Public Schools

    January 2006 - Drawing from a study of the New Century High Schools Initiative, this volume contains two papers on the community partnership strategy of the small schools movement: Partnership & Innovation: New Century High Schools in New York and Practicing Partnership: Lever for Reform in Public Schools.

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  • Branded Environments: Defining the Restructured School Campus
    Branded Environments: Defining the Restructured School Campus

    September 2007 - This publication is an updated step-by-step description of the visual branding process for high school campus buildings that house a distinct group of small schools. DOWNLOAD »

  • Participation by Design
    Participation by Design

    October 2004 - The publication is a step-by-step description of the visual branding process for high school campus buildings that house a distinct group of small schools.

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  • A Vision of Partnerships
    A Vision of Partnerships

    June 2005 - This document describes the vision of school-community partnerships at the heart of the New Century High Schools Initiative, a groundbreaking effort to create new, small, effective high schools throughout New York City.

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  • Characteristics of Lead and Collaborating Partners
    Characteristics of Lead and Collaborating Partners

    June 2005 - Designed to help organizations decide whether to join a school as a lead partner, this guide describes the critical role and characteristics of school-led partner organizations and their potential impact in improving student outcomes.

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  • Ten Principles of Effective School Design
    Ten Principles of Effective School Design

    March 2006 - Developed through our New Century High Schools Initiative as part of the small schools movement, this document outlines ten principles of designing effective schools.

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