Commentary Of American Small School

From the 20th century to now, The American school merging tendency is continuing at all times. So it causes a series of school problems. The American starts small school movement or reduces school sizes in the 1990s. Moreover many American educators researched it and found its advantages which couldn't replaced by large school.The paper analyses produced social background of the American small school from the school merging questions, American school's status quo and American educational spirit. It also researches American small school's historical development, nails down small school's definition and its types, introduces the two types which are autonomous small school and Schools-Within-Schools.Basing on the above foundation, the author chooses two small schools as cases which are the Free Union country school and Corliss high school. The Free Union country school is an autonomous small school; it opened very early and existed a long time. Moreover it gets consistent appraise of parents and community. School's philosophy is basing on the children's curiosity and understanding to them own and their world. So it has its own traits in choosing school environment, curriculum designed and teaching ways, the relationship among teachers parents and community. Corliss high school is a Schools-Within-Schools type. The school is subdivided into five small learning communities. The paper introduces the school's origin, the small learning communities and the evaluating results. Finally, the author analyses the two schools from teacher angle class teaching school environment and the relationship between home school and community.The author estimates the small school from the two sides of theory and practice including the advantages, the query about small school and the problems in practice. Finally the author introduces our nations' school status from school size and class size, discusses the problems and brings forward several disposals.