TARGET: HS Size (fwd)

[Kathy Keck <kkeck@IDEANET.DOE.STATE.IN.US>]

I would like to thank Margie for the following information.  I got the
form from my vice principal and ordered  the publication.

Kathy
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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 12:18:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: Margie J. Thomas <mthoma@mailer.fsu.edu>
To: kkeck@ideanet.doe.state.in.us
Subject: HS Size

Kathy, I think the report your student refers to is "Breaking Ranks:
Changing an American Institution.  Recommendations for the High School of
the 21st Century."  It was just released by the National Association of
Secondary School Principals and the Carnegie Foundation (1996) and so is
not yet in ERIC.  You can call the NASSP in Reston, Virginia, (703)
860-0200 to order a copy.  It is about $20.00.  One of the recommendations
of the report is that high schools have no more than 600 students, for
optimum learning, etc.  At present, the average HS size is 750, with many
schools housing 4-6,000! kids.  The report also recommends that teachers
meet with no more than 90 students per term.  At present, many teachers
have as many as 150 students.  Good luck to you, and your student, in
tracking this down.  By the way, it may have been based in part on work by
Cawelti, who has published stuff (in ERIC) on HS restructuring.

Margie Thomas
Graduate School of Library and Information Studies
Florida State University
mthoma@mailer.fsu.edu