[.ca] Restructuring High Schools For Equity & Excellence (ISBN 0807740543)

Finally, educational reformers who prove their points:
After thousands of educational reforms put forth based on anecdotal accounts, etc., we have recommendations for restructuring schools that used the best statistical data available to support their arguments. Moreover, they show the intellectual honesty of pointing out results that do not support their argument. The National Education Longitudinal Study, compares students over time so that schools can be evaluated on educational gain rather than family advantage. This study identifies a number of school qualities that enhance gains. Most important is a communal rather than bureaucratic mode of organization and school size under 900.