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Back to the Agora: Workable Solutions for Small Urban School Facilities. ERIC Digest.

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Lawrence, Barbara Kent – 2003

The ancient Athenian "agora" functioned as a marketplace for ideas and commerce and offered an ideal place for teaching and learning. This digest suggests adapting such a model to modern needs and describes successful small schools that have done so while reducing costs. Research shows that small schools offer many advantages for…

Descriptors: Building Conversion, Building Innovation, Change Strategies, Educational Change