Where Learning is Involved Smaller Schools are Better

By The Grit Magazine Editors
Published on March 1, 2007
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PHOTO: FOTOLIA/DRAGON FANG
A small rural schoolhouse.

Learn why smaller schools are better for student learning.

A new report from the Rural School and Community Trust supports the theory that smaller schools are better able to educate students for less money and with greater results than do larger schools.

The Hobbit Effect: Why Small Works in Public Schools was written by Lorna Jimerson, who offers her 10 research-based reasons for why small schools work better:

  • More students participate in extracurricular activities, and that participation is directly linked to academic success.
  • Small schools are safer.
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