High School
Education news, analysis, and opinion about schools typically serving 9th to 12th grades and the students who attend them
The High School Handoff
A new series examines how high school is evolving to reflect changing pathways to degrees, credentials, and the workforce.
Law & Courts
Opinion
Five Myths About Transgender Students Educators Need to Unlearn
While many schools don’t discuss LGBT issues, teachers should play a role in shaping students’ understandings of their gender identity, writes Laura Erickson-Schroth.
School Climate & Safety
10 Social Media Controversies That Landed Students in Trouble This School Year
From shooting threats to Nazi chat groups, students have been punished by school officials for their posts on social media.
College & Workforce Readiness
Will It Fly? South Carolina High Schools to Launch Aerospace Curriculum
This fall, five South Carolina high schools will offer an aerospace curriculum to develop the next generation of aviation technology talent in a state where officials say the industry is thriving.
Standards & Accountability
How Good Is Your State's High School Accountability Plan?
A new online "dashboard" summarizes and rates states' plans for high school accountability.
College & Workforce Readiness
Trump Wants More Apprenticeships—Starting in High School
The president signed an executive order aimed at expanding federal apprenticeship programs and federal aid to finance them.
School Choice & Charters
Opinion
Student Vouchers Aren't Working. Here's Why
There's a reason school voucher programs get less effective as they're scaled up, write two researchers.
Law & Courts
Legislative Measures Seek to Protect Student Press
More than a dozen states have been weighing bills to expand free-speech and free-press protections for student journalists and their teacher-advisers.
School & District Management
Report Roundup
Foreign Language
A new national survey finds a striking "lack of knowledge about foreign language teaching and learning."
College & Workforce Readiness
Ark. Students Get Early Start on Career Planning
The state hopes to put students on more promising pathways by dispatching college and career coaches to middle and high schools in 34 counties.
Curriculum
High-Stakes Poetry Competition Brings Students to the Stage
Welcome to the National Poetry Out Loud Competition, where 53 high school students recited poems—classical, modern, long, and short—and competed for $20,000 in prize money.
Social Studies
Texas Latest State to Consider Requiring High School Civics Test
More states are planning to require high schoolers to pass the test people take in applying for U.S. citizenship before they graduate.
College & Workforce Readiness
Pruning Dead-End Pathways in Career and Technical Ed.
Tennessee wants to ensure that its career-technical education programs propel students toward college and good-paying jobs.
College & Workforce Readiness
Record U.S. Graduation Rate Not Seen as Inflated
A report finds that a record 83.2 percent of students are finishing high school on time and that the gains may be real.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Indiana Teen Graduates College While Still in High School, Wants to Be a Teacher
Eighteen-year-old Raven Osborne will receive her bachelor's degree in sociology with a minor in early-childhood education this week—but she doesn't graduate from high school until May 22.