Recent Publications

Transforming the High School Experience

June 2010 - This report by MDRC, one of the nation’s most respected public policy research firms, provides overwhelming evidence that our New Century High School initiative has resulted in schools with higher attendance, credit accumulation and graduation rates.
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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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Reforming High Schools: Lessons from the New Century HS Initiative 2001–2006

January 2007 - This paper provides an overview of the New Century High Schools Initiative, looks at emerging results and then situates the initiative within the broader context of systemic secondary school reform.
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Partnering For Success: The Creation of Urban Schools That Work Better - J. Hirota

Fall 2008 - Drawing from a long-term study of New Century's hallmark strategy of school-based partnerships, this paper cites case studies of five partnership schools and reflects on some of the accomplishments—as well as challenges—of implementing effective cross-institutional partnerships.
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New Century High Schools and the Small School Movement in New York City

August 2005 - This publication explores The New Century high schools strategy of spurring innovation and expanding educational options through creating and supporting smaller schools.
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Policy Studies Associates 2004–05 Evaluation Report

June 2006 - Evaluation of New Century high schools in the third year; a profile of the initiative to create and sustain small, successful high schools (2005–2006).
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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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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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Policy Studies Associates 2003–04 Evaluation Report

February 2006 - Evaluation of New Century high schools in the second year; a profile of the initiative to create and sustain small, successful high schools (2005–2006).
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Policy Studies Associates 2002–03 Evaluation Report

June 2005 - Evaluation of New Century high schools in the first year; a profile of the initiative to create and sustain small, successful high schools (2005–2006).
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Partnership and Innovation – J. Hirota

June 2005 - Focused on the implementation of the New Century High Schools Initiative, this paper examines how school-level partnerships between the Department of Education and nonschool organizations are enacted, as partners work to create and lead new small schools.
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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

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.
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Policy Studies Associates 2005–06 Evaluation Report

October 2007 - Evaluation of New Century high schools in the fourth year; a profile of the initiative to create and sustain small, successful high schools (2005–2006).
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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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New Century High School Initiative RFP

September 2003 - This request for proposal document describes the rationale, expected characteristics, and means of
creating and supporting the third round of the New Century High School initiative (2004).
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