Governors’ Association Offers Steps to Help States Improve High Schools

Philadelphia

Gov. Mark Warner of Virginia, the chairman of the National Governors Association, has unveiled a list of 10 steps that states could take to accelerate improvements in high schools.

He released “Getting It Done: Ten Steps to a State Action Agenda” during his address to a meeting of the Education Writers Association here on Jan. 29.

He described the list as “some ideas that governors can actually implement on a statewide basis relatively quickly and relatively cheaply,” to engage them in more systemwide reform. Several of the ideas focus on preparation for higher education. For...