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This thesis examines the development of the small-schools movement from its origin as an alternative education approach to its contemporary place in education policy in New York City. I argue that many of the core values and ideals of the small school model were lost when Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Chancellor Joel Klein's Department of Education implemented a reform plan that rapidly created ... read morehundreds of new small schools over a short period of time. Using original interviews and research of speeches, articles, books, policy agendas and critiques and evaluations of small schools in New York City, I aim to better understand how the small school model came to be at the center of Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Klein's plan for a bold transformation of the largest public school system in the nation. I will analyze the small school model from both the perspective of early small school educators and the perspective of policymakers in New York City to demonstrate how rapid scaling up of the small school model may, in fact, undermine its ideals.read less
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