Overlooked and Underpaid: How Title I Shortchanges High Schools, and What ESEA Can Do About It Report/Fact Sheet
June 23, 2011This paper summarizes the ways in which high schools are overlooked within Title I policy.
Title I and High Schools: Addressing the Needs of Disadvantaged Students at All Grade Levels Report/Fact Sheet
June 23, 2011This paper explains in detail the process in which states, districts, and schools receive Title I funding, and discusses the low level of support that high schools receive from Title I.
Meeting the Challenge: The Role of School Leaders in Turning Around the Lowest-Performing High Schools Report/Fact Sheet
January 28, 2011As 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 Online Learning Imperative: A Solution to Three Looming Crises in Education Report/Fact Sheet
June 18, 2010Currently, K–12 education in the United States is dealing with three major crises, each of which on its own is capable of wreaking havoc on schools and communities around the nation, but together are an all-out perfect storm.
New York City’s Strategy for Improving High Schools: An Overview Report/Fact Sheet
January 26, 2010As the nation has embraced the need to graduate every student ready for college and careers, high school reform has emerged at the top of the education agenda.