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Calls to Action - Overarching Strategies for High School Reform
Frameworks for High School Improvement | NCLB and High Schools | Comprehensive School Reform | Breaking Ranks | Charter Schools
As leaders in education reform across the nation call for change in America’s high schools, many have developed overarching frameworks to help guide the national conversation. The National High School Center offers links to some of the most influential reports that have been produced to build capacity to implement research-based practices and policies across schools, districts and states.
Charter Schools
Charter High Schools: Alternative Paths to Graduation
This white paper produced by the National Charter School Research Project at the Center on Reinventing Public Education looks at the unique contribution that charter high schools make in terms of their ability to offer a highly focused educational experience tailored to specific populations of students.
Expanding Choice in Elementary and Secondary Education: A Report on Rethinking the Federal Role in Education
This policy brief, released by the Brookings Institution, presents the various arguments of supporters and opponents of school choice and offers solutions to consolidate the opinions of both sides.
Hopes, Fears, & Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2007
This report looks at how charter schools are organized and led, who teaches at them, and if they are meeting their goals. Reviewing data about the students and educators, the report provides a review of who is attending these schools, and the schools’ successes and failures.
A Sum Greater than the Parts: What States can Teach each other about Charter Schooling
This report from Education Sector reviews the policies that impact the success of charter schools. The authors examine 12 states’ regulations and outcomes, and make recommendations to improve charter school quality and maximize the benefit of public charter schools.
