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High School Connections

In her first 10 years at Education Week, Catherine Gewertz wrote primarily about urban education. She concentrated in this blog on the world of secondary schools, with a particular focus on the transitions into and out of high school. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: high schools.

College & Workforce Readiness 'Pittsburgh Promise' Meets Fundraising Goal for Scholarships
The program, modeled after a similar one in Kalamazoo, Mich., gives college money to students who meet certain academic criteria.
Catherine Gewertz, July 2, 2009
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Standards & Accountability Common Standards: Who Will Be Designing Them? Take a Look
The groups organizing the initiative for common standards release the list of names of those drafting the first set.
Catherine Gewertz, July 1, 2009
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School Choice & Charters Business Group Gives Chicago Schools Poor Grade
A report issued by backers of Arne Duncan's turnaround efforts says the Windy City's high schools are "abysmal."
Catherine Gewertz, July 1, 2009
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School Choice & Charters L.A. Board to Decide High School's 'Secession' Request
The school board will decide whether to let Birmingham High School become a charter.
Catherine Gewertz, July 1, 2009
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College & Workforce Readiness California 'Pathways' Project Gets a Boost
California districts get money to expand multiple-pathways work; Alliance for Excellent Education issues new tome on the next generation of high school assessment.
Catherine Gewertz, June 30, 2009
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Education Independent-Study High Schools Popping Up Across the Golden State
Researchers from WestEd track the rapid growth of a new breed of high schools in California: the independent-study high school.
Debra Viadero, June 25, 2009
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Education Portrait of a Turnaround Effort
The Los Angeles Times has coverage of the first year at Locke High School in Los Angeles under the management of the Green Dot charter network.
Lesli A. Maxwell, June 24, 2009
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Education Okay, Okay, I'll Be Quiet Now... Maybe
I'm going on vacation.
Catherine Gewertz, June 19, 2009
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School & District Management High-Tech or Low-Tech, It's Still Cheating
Lots of kids use cell phones and the Internet to cheat, and most don't see it as a big deal.
Catherine Gewertz, June 19, 2009
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States Calif. Budget Woes Imperil High School Exit Exams
California's fiscal mess leads lawmakers to consider dumping its high school exit exam.
Catherine Gewertz, June 19, 2009
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College & Workforce Readiness Sobering Findings About Small High Schools in New York
Report examines "collateral damage" caused to some large high schools that absorbed students who schools were closed.
Catherine Gewertz, June 18, 2009
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College & Workforce Readiness New Jersey Boosts Requirements, Tightens Alternative Exit Exam
New Jersey boosts its graduation requirements and tightens up the alternative high school exit exam that had been criticized as a loophole for under-educated students.
Catherine Gewertz, June 17, 2009
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College & Workforce Readiness We Read So You Don't Have To
A kid gets a car for perfect attendance. More kids flocking to GED classes. And the road to graduation in Oakland, Ca, just got tougher.
Catherine Gewertz, June 15, 2009
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College & Workforce Readiness Louisiana Advances Career-Pathway Bill
Louisiana advances a bill to let 15-year-olds diverge from the standard academic curriculum in favor of career-oriented study.
Catherine Gewertz, June 11, 2009
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