Features of Redesigned Schools

Features of Redesigned Schools

Research points to key components of effective learning environments, designed to foster personalized development in caring communities; build strong relationships; and meet students' social, emotional, physical, and cognitive needs. Back to the Center for School and System Redesign>

School Structures

Design Principles for Schools: Putting the Science of Learning and Development Into Action (report and website)
Redesigning High Schools: 10 Features for Success (report)
10 Features of Good Small Schools: Redesigning High Schools, What Matters and What Works (report)
Teachers' Time: Collaborating for Learning, Teaching, and Leading (cross-case analysis)

Safe and Inclusive Communities

Creating Identity-Safe Schools and Classrooms (report)
Building a Positive School Climate Through Restorative Practices (brief)
Fostering Belonging, Transforming Schools: The Impact of Restorative Practices (report and brief)
Striving for Relationship-Centered Schools: Insights From a Community-Based Transformation Campaign (report and brief)
A Restorative Approach for Equitable Education (brief)
Evidence for Social Emotional Learning in Schools (report)
Preparing Teachers to Support Social and Emotional Learning (report)
Social Emotional Learning in High School: How Three Urban High Schools Engage, Educate, and Empower Youth (cross-case analysis)

District Initiatives and Redesigned School Networks

Internationals Network for Public Schools: A Deeper Learning Approach to Supporting English Learners (report and videos)
The Internationals Network for Public Schools: Educating Our Immigrant English Language Learners Well (report)
Growing a Waldorf-Inspired Approach in a Public School District (report and brief)
Oakland Unified School District New Small Schools Initiative Evaluation (cross-case analysis)
Austin Independent School District and the School Redesign Network: A Partnership for Successful School Redesign (report)

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