Horace`s School explores models for schools conducive to rigorous inquiry and deep learning. It is the second in Ted Sizer`s trilogy of school reform, preceded by Horace`s Compromise , and followed by Horace`s Hope . All three books follow a (fictional) veteran high school teacher, Horace Smith, who resembles Sizer in many ways. In this book, we see Horace`s ideas for change realized. Nine principles are enunciated that resemble the 9 principles of the real-life Coalition for Essential Schools, of which Sizer has been the director.