Now’s the Time: Early College and Dual-Enrollment Programs in the Higher Education Act Report/Fact Sheet

Research shows that students who experience rigorous course work in their secondary schools demonstrate readiness for college-level work and complete postsecondary credentials at substantially higher rates than their peers experiencing less rigorous preparatory course work. Two efforts, early college high schools (ECHSs) and dual-enrollment programs, offer students the opportunity to pursue college-level credit-bearing course work while still in high school. This report addresses four key questions to provide a research-based perspective on dual-enrollment programs and ECHSs.

Memo to U.S. Department of Education in Support for Historically Underserved Students in ESSA Report/Fact Sheet

New York City’s Strategy for Improving High Schools: An Overview Report/Fact Sheet

As 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.

Seize the Moment: The Need for a Comprehensive Federal Investment in Adolescent Literacy Report/Fact Sheet

Although Congress has dedicated substantial funds over the past decade to improve reading skills for struggling students in kindergarten through grade three, this targeted investment has not resulted in the final goal.

Informing Adolescent Literacy Policy and Practice: Lessons Learned from the Striving Readers Program Report/Fact Sheet

Although a growing body of research points to the critical need to foster reading, writing, speaking, and critical thinking skills for students in order to ensure their success in college, careers, and life, these efforts have tended to focus more on developing literacy skills in the early years, often ignoring secondary students.

Students with Disabilities in U.S. High Schools Report/Fact Sheet

Nearly one third of the more than six million students with disabilities in U.S. public schools are of traditional high school age.

From No Child Left Behind to Every Child a Graduate Report/Fact Sheet

Rethinking High Schools: Supporting All Students to be College-Ready in Math Report/Fact Sheet

This report by WestEd highlights three high schools—all supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation—that have successfully implemented programs to prepare all of their students for college mathematics.

Literacy Instruction in the Content Areas: Getting to the Core of Middle and High School Improvement Report/Fact Sheet

Today, more than six million of the nation’s secondary school students fall well short of grade-level expectations in reading and writing.

Paying Double: Inadequate High Schools and Community College Remediation Report/Fact Sheet

Americans are beginning to recognize that many of the nation’s high schools are in crisis, as policymakers, business leaders, and celebrities call attention to the country’s low graduation rates.