What Historical, Sociological, and Cognitive Scientific Research Suggests About Essential School Ideas
http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/resources/view/ces_res/71

The Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) was founded in 1984 and is guided by these principles: equity, personalization, and intellectual vibrancy. This network of secondary schools and centers offers highly personalized, rigorous, project-based curriculum and aims to serve as a model for school reform.

• What role did historical research play in developing the founding principles for CES?
• What does history tell us about the evolution of secondary education in America?
• In your view, which current social conditions require changes in secondary schooling? Offer suggestions for how schools can prepare students to meet these conditions with success.