"If it is believed that... elementary schools will be better managed by the governor and council, the commissioners of the literary fund or any other general authority of the government than by the ... (View)

More research can be found at http://smallerschoolsresearch.blogspot.com... (View)

These three quotes need to be considered: Thomas Jefferson, Mahatma Gandhi, Ezra T. Benson... (View)

Here is an interesting gathering of research on the results of consolidation that pertains directly to the need to divide districts that are too large: http://www.cppsofseattle.org/... (View)

"Our results cast serious doubt on the wisdom of the middle-school experiment that has become such a prominent feature of American education." The Middle School Plunge We would be better off ... (View)

(formerly entitled: For Further Discussion On School Size ) by Representative David Cox The discussion about school size, both with school boards and in the general public, will not be complete ... (View)

America's urban high schools are struggling by Dr. Augusta Souza Kappner Dr. Kappner has been president of Bank Street College in New York City since 1995, and was the assistant secretary ... (View)

By Karen Irmsher There is a natural predeliction in American education toward enormity," said William Fowler (1992), "and it does not serve schools well." During the last forty years, schools with... (View)

List member Keith Look is a researcher with the Philadelphia Education Fund. In this note to the MiddleWeb List (07/02), Keith shared some findings from his own experience and his dissertation ... (View)

by David N. Cox We Utahns love to have everything from our fast-food meals to our trucks "super-sized"; you might even say our families are "super-sized"! In many cases bigger is better, but not... (View)

PUBLIC EDUCATION DEREGULATION A PROPOSAL TO THE UTAH STATE LEGISLATURE by Representative David N. Cox Introduction This proposal is a little different than most proposals for competency might be... (View)

Administrative costs bear little, if any, correlation to size of districts over 1,000 students. Fiscal Year 1998-1999 Fiscal Year 1999-2000 Fiscal Year 2000-2001 District Number ... (View)

1997 to 2000 Average Fifth Grade SAT Scores of All Utah School Districts The yellow bars represent the range within which each group are expected to score based on socio-economic factors. In ... (View)

by David N. Cox " School district size has a consistent negative relation to student performance and is highly significant in three out of four tests ." -W. Niskanen & M. Levy, University ... (View)

To: Lawrence W. Kenny Department of Economics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611-7140 Accepted: 1 March 2005 Abstract: The very small literature explaining (i) how citizens have voted... (View)

by David N. Cox We Utahns love to have everything from our fast-food meals to our trucks "super-sized"; you might even say our families are "super-sized"! In many cases bigger is better, but not... (View)

"The best way to prevent a political faction or any small group of people from capturing control of the nation's educational system is to keep it decentralized into small local units , each with its... (View)

"Men ... should do their actual living and working in communities ... small enough to permit of genuine self-government and the assumption of personal responsibilities, federated into larger units in... (View)

"The way to have good and safe government is not trust it all to one, but to divide it among the many, distributing to everyone exactly the functions in which he is competent ... [more] ... It ... (View)