U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HOSTS HIGH SCHOOL CONFERENCE: Paige Offers Strong Rhetoric, But No New Initiatives Article

October 20, 2003

Unless improvements are made, American students will not be competitive with students in other countries, dooming future generations to less opportunity, greater levels of poverty, and further disparities in health status.

Categories:
Education and the Economy, High School Graduation Rates and Secondary School Improvement, High School Reform, No Child Left Behind, State Budgets

ONE IN THREE NOT ‘COLLEGE READY’: Report Finds Two-Thirds of All High School Graduates Are Not Prepared for College Article

October 06, 2003

A new report based on data from the U.S. Department of Education finds that only 70 percent of all high school students graduate on time and only 32 percent leave high school "college ready."

Categories:
High School Graduation Rates and Secondary School Improvement, High School Reform, Higher Education

AMERICANS WANT A LARGER FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION: Committee for Education Funding Releases New Poll Article

September 22, 2003

Eighty-one percent of participants in a recent poll responded that the federal government should increase funding for education programs and 85 percent of participants thought this investment should be "more than five cents of every dollar it spends."

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Federal Education Reform, High School Reform, No Child Left Behind

RETHINKING HIGH SCHOOL: Aspen Institute Report Finds Lessons for High School Reform in Four Model States Article

September 22, 2003

A new report from the Aspen Institute that examines successful high school reform efforts currently underway in four states

Categories:
High School Graduation Rates and Secondary School Improvement, High School Reform

SEN. PATTY MURRAY INTRODUCES NEW HIGH SCHOOL BILL Article

August 04, 2003

Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) has introduced legislation that would reform the nation's secondary schools through a new focus on adolescent literacy, academic counselors, and a new grant program.

Categories:
Assessments, Federal Education Reform, High School Reform, National

Highest New York Court Requires “Meaningful High School Education”: Court Declares School Funding System Unconstitutional Article

July 07, 2003

Recently the New York Court of Appeals, the State's highest court, ruled that a "high school level education is now all but indispensable" to prepare students to compete for jobs that enable them to support themselves.

Categories:
Equity, High School Reform

Alliance At Work Article

November 19, 2001

Recently, the Alliance was represented at the release of a new report by the National Association of Elementary School Principals, in partnership with Collaborative Communications Group, called "Leading Learning Communities: What Principals Should Know and Be Able To Do."

Categories:
Expanded Learning Opportunities, High School Reform, Secondary School Improvement, Teacher Effectiveness, Teachers and School Leaders, Technology