Heathwood Hall is a private K-12 school in Columbia, S.C., which joined the Coalition of Essential Schools in 1987 and is about to graduate its first senior class under a system of mastery, not Carnegie units. The principles of the Coalition worked for this independent school. Each public school also received funds for staff development, aided by teachers from Heathwood Hall. For Sandy Nay, a teacher at one of the public schools, the collaboration spelled greater success for her students. They are more active learners, they take more responsibility for their own learning.
Success is best when it is shared.