Guided by a set of Common Principles, CES strives to create and sustain a network of personalized, equitable, and intellectually challenging schools.
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Fall Forum is our annual conference. See highlights from last year?s Fall Forum and find out about 2009's Fall Forum, "Changing Schools, Changing Lives."

Find out how to affiliate with CES for conference discounts, Horace subscriptions, and other benefits.

The CES Benchmarks have been updated! The Benchmarks align specific practices with the Common Principles to help educators understand the essential elements of high achieving and equitable CES schools.

Horace on the Hill is open for registration! On April 19-20, join us in Washington DC for training and meetings with members of Congress to advocate for education policy that supports equitable, personalized, and academically challenging schools.

CES celebrates the life and legacy of Ted Sizer.

Learn more about Small Schools, Big Ideas: The Essential Guide to Successful School Transformation by Mara Benitez, Jill Davidson, and Laura Flaxman. Learn more!

Make an online donation to our Individual Giving Campaign, ensuring CES remains a leading voice for educational change.

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The CES Small Schools Project is creating a new generation of CES schools through mentorship - connecting veteran, exemplary CES Mentor Schools with small, instructionally powerful, new and reconfigured CES schools - and supporting their work with grants, extensive professional development opportunities, and research.
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CES EssentialVisions DVD series

Horace, CES's quarterly journal

CES National Research, featuring Essential Analysis, a new resource for administering and analyzing surveys that support CES-focused data-based inquiry.