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High School Connections
Catherine Gewertz concentrates on the world of secondary schools, with a particular focus on the transitions into and out of high school.
02/13/13 Schooled in Sports: Schools Don't Sacrifice Academics for Athletics, Analysis Suggests
High schools that succeed athletically aren't necessarily punting on their academic success. Blogs & Community
04/19/13 Inside School Research: Science Classes May Give Unequal Opportunity to Learn, Study Says
Students in high-performing schools have more and deeper opportunities to learn science than those in struggling schools, according to a recent Massachusetts course audit released by the Rennie Center. Blogs & Community
01/14/13 Beyond School: Schools Offered Guidance for Developing Community Partnerships
A new brief from the Harvard Family Research Project offers recommendations for schools building community partnerships. Blogs & Community
08/15/12 Curriculum Matters: Top Math Achievers Are Spread Unevenly Across Similar Schools
Across about 2,000 U.S. high schools most likely to succeed based on demographics, a new study finds strikingly wide variation in the share of top-achieving math students produced. Blogs & Community
12/11/12 Inside School Research: Students Who Struggle Early Rarely Catch Up, Study Says
Even at high-performing, wealthy high schools, students who have fallen far behind academically in 4th and 8th grade have less than a one in three chance of being ready for college or a career by the end of high school, according to a new study by the national testing group ACT Inc. Blogs & Community
04/23/13 College Bound: California High Schools Lead <i>U.S. News</i> Rankings
California leads the Best High Schools Rankings for 2013, released by U.S. News and World Report. Blogs & Community
03/25/13 College Bound: Early-College High Schools Show Promise
Early-college high school students show higher test performance, graduation rates, and college enrollment than peers at traditional high schools. Blogs & Community
12/27/12 College Bound: Portland High School Reforms Show Promising Results
"Old school" reforms to Portland, Ore., high schools show early promising results. Blogs & Community
09/19/12 Teaching Now: More Public Schools for Gifted Students?
The U.S. needs many more public high schools that "focus exclusively on high-ability, highly motivated students," posits Chester E. Finn Jr., the president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, in a recent New York Times op-ed. Blogs & Community
12/13/12 Curriculum Matters: Theater 'Alive and Well' in U.S. High Schools, New Data Suggest
New survey data offer a detailed look at the state of theater education in American high schools. Blogs & Community
03/06/13 Neighborhood High Schools Waning as Parents' Choices Expand in Phila.
The emergence of new public school options has spurred an exodus of students from many of Philadelphia's neighborhood schools, but residents are fighting to keep them open. Education Week
06/12/13 Schooled in Sports: ESEA Amendment Would Require Schools to Report Athletes' Gender
The Senate Education Committee passed an amendment that would require high schools to publicly report how many boys and girls they have playing sports. Blogs & Community
05/20/13 Teaching Now: Seattle Teachers' Test Boycott Pays Off
The Seattle school district announced that high schools in the city will no longer be required to administer the Measures of Academic Progress assessment&#151;a computerized adaptive test teachers had refused to give earlier this year. Blogs & Community
10/15/12 College Bound: PSAT/National Merit Test Provides Sneak Peek at College Readiness
Nearly 3.5 million high school students will take the PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Tests this week, often giving them an advantage when taking the SAT. Blogs & Community
05/22/13 Seattle High Schools Can Skip Debated Test
Seattle high schools don't have to administer the Measures of Academic Progress tests after this spring, Superintendent José Banda said in a letter. Education Week

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