Strengthening the Transition from High School to College: Priorities for the Higher Education Act Report/Fact Sheet

Education and the Economy: Boosting the Nation’s Economy by Improving High School Graduation Rates Among Students of Color and Native Students Report/Fact Sheet

This document discusses the economic benefits that would have come to the nation and each state if half of the class of 2010 students of color and Native students who dropped out had graduated with their peers.

Saving Now and Saving Later: How High School Reform Can Reduce the Nation’s Wasted Remediation Dollars Report/Fact Sheet

For young people entering the twenty-first-century job market, high school graduation is no longer the finish line, but the starting line.

Meeting the Challenge: The Role of School Leaders in Turning Around the Lowest-Performing High Schools Report/Fact Sheet

As the national policy community has coalesced around the priority of graduating all students ready for college and careers, the challenge of improving the lowest-performing high schools serving the most challenged populations remains.

The Linked Learning Approach: Building the Capacity of Teachers to Prepare Students for College and Careers Report/Fact Sheet

This report highlights efforts in California to redesign the traditional training options available to high school teachers in an effort to align teacher education with high school reform efforts.

Profiles in Leadership: Innovative Approaches to Transforming the American High School Report/Fact Sheet

Some of America’s foremost education innovators lay out a bold vision for secondary school leadership in a collection of essays released by the Alliance for Excellent Education.