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High School Redesign
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with the Spring 2006 issue of Leading
Change that highlights High School Redesign.
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| Global Awareness |
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- New Ed-Tech Chief Touts 'Systemic' Approach, eSchool News
- Governors: Expand Students' Horizons—International Education a Key to Boosting Students' Global Competitiveness, They Say, eSchool News
- U.S., China Announce Joint eLanguage Project, eSchool News
- Students Taking Spanish, French: Leaders Pushing Chinese, Arabic, Education Week (Users must register to access articles. Registration is free.)
- Scarcity of Language Teachers Retards Growth, Education Week (Users must register to access articles. Registration is free.)
- Data Scarce for Gauging Scope of Language Study, Education Week (Users must register to access articles. Registration is free.)
- U.S. Chamber to Rank State School Systems in New Reform Push, Education Week (Users must register to access articles. Registration is free.)
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| Online Education |
- Technology Helps Ratchet Up Math Instruction, eSchool News
- Report to the Michigan Department of Education on the Development and Growth of the Michigan Virtual High School 1999-2005
- Up to $15 Million to Educate Future IT Technicians, Grant information from eSchool News
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Tech Tutoring for Teachers & Students, eSchool News
- Michigan Floats Online Learning Requirement, eSchool News
- Michigan First to Mandate Online Learning, eSchool News
- Virtual Schools Offer Clubs, Field Trips—Organizers Aim to Dispel “Myth” of Isolated Instruction, eSchool News
- Wayne State University Study Recommends Expansion of e-Learning for K-12 Education, WSU Press Release, September 22, 2005
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| Parent Perspective |
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| Post-Secondary Transition |
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| Research Findings on High School Redesign |
- Graduates Can't Master College Text, Study Finds Students Fall Off Track After 10 th Grade, Education Week (Users must register to access articles. Registration is free.)
- H.S. Courses Seen as Disconnected From College Demands, Education Week (Users must register to access articles. Registration is free.)
- Michigan High School Initiative
- Lt. Governor's Commission on Higher Education and Economic Growth
- Transforming the American High School: Lessons Learned and Struggles Ahead, American Youth Policy Forum, November 2004
- Essentials of High School Reform: New Forms of Assessment and Contextual Teaching and Learning, American Youth Policy Forum
- June 2005 National Governors Association Survey
- New Report Illuminates America's “Silent” Dropout Epidemic, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, March 2, 2006
- The High School Leadership Summit—High Schools With High Expectations for All, U.S. Department of Education
- Remaking High Schools, American School Board Journal
- A Call to Action: Transforming High School for All Youth, National High School Alliance
- New Approach to Graduation Data Finds Falling Rates in Most States, Education Week (Users must register to access articles. Registration is free.)
- States Acting to Raise Bar on High School Skills, Education Week (Users must register to access articles. Registration is free.)
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| Students Success |
- Increase in Advanced Placement Student Success Achieved in All 50 States, CollegeBoard.com
- A Craving For Content, Scholastic Administrator, January 2006
- Rigor and Relevance: A New Vision for Career and Technical Education, American Youth Policy Forum
- High School Rigor? Bring it on, Students Say—Almost 9 in 10 Students Say They Would Work Harder, MSNBC
- Breaking the Mold, American School Board Journal
- High School Dropouts Say Lack of Motivation Top Reason to Quit, March 8, 2006, Education Week (Users must register to access this article. Registration is free.)
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Kathleen N. Straus, President
John C. Austin, Vice President
Carolyn L. Curtin, Secretary
Marianne Yared McGuire, Treasurer
Nancy Danhof, NASBE Delegate
Elizabeth W. Bauer
Reginald M. Turner
Casandra E. Ulbrich
Jennifer M. Granholm, Governor
Michael P. Flanagan,
Superintendent of Public Instruction
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