About This Series
This six-part special report
focuses on efforts being made to redesign the American high school to
meet the challenges of today's knowledge-driven society.
THE SERIES THIS WEEK, May 16, 2001 | |
Against Odds, School
Propels Its Students to College At a time when critics are suggesting that American high schools have far to go to educate all students to higher academic standards, 1,700-student Rivera High seems to be holding its own. |
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Push To Raise Achievement Yields Lessons An interview with Gene Bottoms, the founder of the High Schools That Work program. |
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PREVIOUSLY... | |
K-12 and
College Expectations Often Fail To Mesh, May 9, 2001 |
The skills and
knowledge required to succeed in college are often vastly different from state academic standards required for graduating high school seniors. |
The
Breakup: Suburbs Try Smaller High Schools, May 2, 2001 |
An increasing number of schools across the country are subdividing into smaller schools to fight poor achievement, student alienation, and other school ailments. |
AP Program Assumes Larger Role, April 25, 2001 | Efforts to give high school students access to college-level coursework are booming. Is this as good a sign as it seems? |
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Quiet Crisis: Unprepared For High Stakes, April 18, 2001 |
The nationwide drive to hold high school students to more rigorous academic standards and tests reveals a quiet crisis: A large proportion of students who are already in high school are not yet doing high-school-level work. |
Getting Serious About High School, April 11, 2001 |
Recent studies and reform initiatives suggest a growing sense that what is needed for the nation's high schools is nothing short of a new mission for a new century. |
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