ABSTRACT
Small schools can be so much more effective than large schools because having fewer students creates conditions that allow for powerful approaches to teaching and learning conditions that are usually prohibited in schools with large numbers of students. For example, we know that relationships and collaboration among adults in a school can affect what happens in classrooms. In a small school in which teachers are able to have intentional relationships and purposeful conversations with students and with each other, as well as expand their role and perspective beyond their own classrooms. They not only can affect teaching and learning experiences in each classroom, but they can also influence the school environment as a whole. Its tone, culture, policies, and procedures, its mission and long-term direction and the quality of teaching and learning that every member of the school experiences.
