Smaller schools boost results districtwide.

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Creating small high schools improves outcomes for students in the overall school district--both in new small schools and existing larger ones--according to a study by researchers at New York University, Syracuse (N.Y.) University, and Arizona State University, Tempe.

"Our findings suggest that there was real, meaningful improvement in high school outcomes as small school reform was implemented," says Leanna Stiefel, professor of economics at NYU and associate director of the Institute for Education and Social Policy. "Small school reform lifts all boats."

Small school reform, in which new, small high schools replace large, comprehensive high schools, has been adopted by major U.S. cities, such as New York; Los Angeles and San Diego, Calif;, Chicago, III,; and Philadelphia, Pa. Studies in New York and Boston have found that small high schools deliver better outcomes --including higher graduation rates --than large high schools for urban students.

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