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Hallee Berg: The Small Schools Movement
One of the major reforms Oakland has instituted over the past few years is small schools. That's where a traditional school with a thousand students or more, is broken into smaller units. The idea is that students and teachers can form closer relationships—and that all the students, teachers and administrators are on a first name basis, so there is more accountability and caring. Oakland is at the forefront of the small schools movement—it's one of the main testing grounds in the nation. Philanthropists—like the Gates Foundation—have poured tens of millions of dollars into Oakland to help fund the initial costs of transitioning to small schools. Hallee Berg takes us inside one of Oakland's experimental schools…the Fremont Federation of High Schools in East Oakland.
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