User:Jbvetter/Cambridge Pilot School

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Cambridge Pilot School
• Introduction

• Origins

Cambridge Pilot School began in 1969 as a joint venture of the Cambridge Public Schools and the Harvard Graduate School of Education, to experiment with decentralized alternatives to the usual high school experience.

- HGSE

- Goals of Pilot School

• Distinctive Features

- Location inside larger high schools

- Advising Groups

- Participatory Governance (staff, parents, students) Staff, parents, and students were all actively involved in the governance of the school. Committees were formed for all major governance areas of the school including curriculum, recruiting of students, hiring of faculty and staff. In general, participation on the committees was voluntary with voting rights tied to frequency of participation.

• Transition from "Pilot School" to "Pilot House"

• End of Pilot School

- Elitism controversy

• Alumni Connections

- Reunion

- Facebook Group