The Coalition of Essential Schools is a US organization created to further a type of whole-

school reform Education reform is the name given to the goal of changing public education. The meaning and education methods have changed through debates over what content or experiences result in an educated individual or an educated society. Historically, t ...

originally envisioned by founder

Ted Sizer Theodore Ryland Sizer (June 23, 1932 – October 21, 2009) was a leader of educational reform in the United States, the founder (and eventually President Emeritus) of the Essential school movement and was known for challenging longstanding practi ...

in his book, ''Horace's Compromise.'' The group began in 1984 with twelve schools and grew to 600 members. In 2014 it merged with the Forum for Education and operated from headquarters in

Portland, Maine Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maine and the seat of Cumberland County. Portland's population was 68,408 in April 2020. The Greater Portland metropolitan area is home to over half a million people, the 104th-largest metropol ...

. The organization's executive board voted in December 2016 to cease the organization’s operations.Farewell letter
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