Coalition of Essential Schools

The Coalition of Essential Schools is a US organization created to further a type of whole-school reform originally envisioned by founder Ted Sizer in his book, Horace's Compromise.^[1] The group began in 1984 with twelve schools and grew to 600 members.

In 2014 it merged with the Forum for Education and operated from headquarters in Portland, Maine.^[2] The organization's executive board voted in December 2016 to cease the organization’s operations.^[3]

References

1. Jill Davidson (2010). "Coalition of Essential Schools". In Thomas C. Hunt; et al. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent. Sage. pp. 170–172. ISBN 978-1-4522-6573-5.
2. "Forum Merges with Coalition of Essential Schools". Ohio: Forum for Education and Democracy. January 13, 2014.
3. Farewell letter

Further reading

• Comprehensive School Reform Quality Center (2006), "Narratives: Coalition of Essential Schools", CSRQ Center Report on Middle and High School Comprehensive School Reform Models, Washington DC: American Institutes for Research, pp. 67–74 + appendix