Stuart Grauer, Ed.D. is the founding head teacher at the Grauer School, president of the Grauer Foundation for Education, and founder of the Coalition of Small Preparatory Schools. He became principal of the International School of Basel, Switzerland, at the age of 29. In 1991, he founded the Grauer School in order to establish humanitarian secondary education in Southern California. He is a major authority on small schools education and has evaluated and consulted with schools worldwide.