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Our mission: The mission of the Center for Collaborative Education (CCE) is to transform schools to ensure that all students succeed.  We believe that schools should prepare every student to achieve academically and make a positive contribution to a democratic society. CCE partners with public schools and districts to create and sustain effective and equitable schools. (more about our mission)

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NEWS, EVENTS, and OPPORTUNITIES at CCE

• Workshop: Bring Race and Culture into leadership roles in your school. Renowned experts Enid Lee and Dr. Yolanda Ronquillo bring their expertise to the discussion on May 17....(more, in English and Spanish)
• Co-Pilot turnaround at Boston English HS, according to a recent article in the Jamaica Plain Gazette....(more)
• Strong Results, High Demand: A Four-Year Study of Boston's Pilot High Schools, by Rosann Tung and Monique Ouimette, November 2007. Download Executive Summary (3.6 MB) or Full Report (4.3 MB). New study finds that Boston Pilot high school students outperformed their non-Pilot peers on every standard measure of engagement and performance over a four year period. The higher level of achievement held true for every racial, economic, and academic group examined.
• Press release: Boston Pilot High Schools Excel in 4-Year Study. A forum at The Boston Foundation, moderated by Paul Reville, Chair of the Board of Education, with Superintendent Carol Johsnon in attendance, looked at the new CCE study of Pilot high schools....(more)
• The Essential Guide to Pilot Schools - CCE has published the first two in a series of guides to the workings of Pilot Schools..…(more)
• Fierce Expression: Pilot Youth Leadership Conference takes place May 2, 2008, at the new Boston Convention Center. Hosted this year by TechBoston Academy, the conference will be a hands-on expo of student technology in all Boston high schools....(more)
• At its meeting December 19, 2007, the Boston School Committee approved the new name Gardner Pilot Academy for the most recently established Pilot School, the former Thomas Gardner Extended Services School.
• RFP—Request for Proposal to establish Pilot Schools in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Unified School District has approved establishment of small, autonomous Pilot Schools in the Belmont High School attendance area…(more)
• New, revised CCE small schools planning guide available from Corwin Press.…(more)
• News features about Pilot high school students..…(more)
• EdWeek discusses the Pilot concept as a national movement...(more)
• Boston wins the Broad Prize for having the most improved urban schools in the nation. U.S. News & World Report cites Pilots to show how it was done.…(more)
• The Los Angeles Unified School District announces the creation of the Belmont Pilot Schools Network, the first replication of the Boston Pilot Schools concept outside of Massachusetts.…(more)
• CCE Executive Director Dan French comments in Education Week on the successes and workings of Pilot Schools..…(more)

Who we are...

The Center for Collaborative Education promotes purposeful learning and small, caring communities in K-12 public schools. We provide coaching, professional development, advocacy, and research toward the development of schools that nurture every student. We are passionate about equity: schools must provide what each student needs. They must help each student to express things that matter in writing and speaking, to read challenging texts, to use mathematical concepts and grapple with complex problems, and to understand human cultures and the natural world.Since these are complex undertakings, we are aware that they require complex assessments that go beyond a single standardized test. So we help schools create tools of authentic assessment that reflect the learning goals and experiences they are committed to. And we promote smallness, so that students and teachers can know each other well - a necessity if powerful learning and assessment are to occur. Along with smaller schools and classes, we advocate for autonomy of individual schools, so teachers and administrators will be free to create the best learning environments for every student.We are comprised of a number of networks and projects, described on this website. They all share these common ideals. Please have a look at what we do and at what we are learning. And let us know if we can help you.

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