The small schools are typically designed to serve 432 students - 108 per grade - in order to build closer relationships between children and educators.
Early on there were clashes between educators and business people over the role of businesses in schools.
And some people at the meeting said there was a communication gap between educators and businessmen.
The aim is to provide bridging between students, educators, trainee teachers, and post-secondary education institutions.
From the beginning, the project was designed physically and administratively to foster partnerships between educators and scientists in a research environment - across international lines.
The plan demands, for the first time, collaboration between scientists, clinicians, educators and policymakers in an array of federal agencies.
Exchange programs between educators are far from new.
Compilations of correspondence between famous lovers, poets, philosophers, world leaders or educators?
After surveying the general scene it is useful to look at existing differences between educators about each of the four main activities.
But there have been sharp disagreements between educators, politicians and parents over the issue of mainstreaming.