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Keith Look, the principal of the Academy @ Shawnee, slaps hands with a student at the end of the school day.
—Pat McDonogh for Education Week

After Early Progress, Ky. School Struggles to Turn Around

After three years, a $1.5 million investment, and a huge staffing shake-up, the long-troubled former Shawnee High School in Louisville, Ky., remains on tenuous ground. (June 11, 2013)

Spotlight on Middle and High School Literacy

This Spotlight looks at the strategies for working with middle and high school students on literacy skills, as educators are learning it's not just young children who need the help.

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College Bound Blog

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Lessons from New York City's Small High Schools
In this webinar, experts discussed what research says about New York City's small schools, and what makes them an effective option for the city's disadvantaged students.

Chat Transcript

The Senior Slump: Strategies to Keep Students Motivated
Strategies to keep students engaged are outlined in this online chat including college-level course offerings, internships, and independent study.

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There needs to be a fundamental realignment of high school priorities based on data and specific expectations of what students must know for college, Jordan E. Horowitz writes.
January 3, 2011 - Education Week
A study cites additional state reliance on exit exams and the anticipated arrival of standards-aligned exams among reasons for the upswing.
December 21, 2010 - Education Week
Schools and parents should know better than to emphasize success in sports at the expense of high standards in learning, Richard Whitmire writes.
December 13, 2010 - Education Week
An effort is under way in Texas to create a new chapter in charter-district school relations, one that replaces competition with collaboration.
December 10, 2010 - Education Week
A Los Angeles-area program aimed at putting foster-care students on track to graduate high school is poised to become a national model.
December 7, 2010 - Education Week
After graduating only 20 percent of its students a decade ago, a Cincinnati high school completed a turnaround by restructuring itself as a technology school.
November 30, 2010 - Education Week
Educators say black, male students are driving the improvements in Baltimore’s graduation and dropout rates.
November 2, 2010 - Education Week
States and districts are expected to use the nearly $50 million on dropout-prevention methods research shows to be more effective.
October 28, 2010 - Education Week
A $1.8 billion, federally funded effort aims to deal with the physical damage still evident from Hurricane Katrina five years after the storm.
October 15, 2010 | Updated: March 23, 2012 - Education Week
Low-income, minority students enroll and do better in college with adequate high school preparation, an ACT study finds.
October 8, 2010 - Education Week

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