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| Date Archived: | 06/07/2005 |
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| With college seen as a minimum requirement for a growing number of living-wage jobs, the economic future is not looking bright for the large number of U.S. students who aren’t even graduating from high school. Some are wondering whether shrinking the size of America’s high schools can help, not just to keep more students in school, but, equally important, to prepare greater numbers for college. At the request of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has committed $800 million to fund 2,000 small schools nationwide, WestEd took a look at five such schools. What is happening at these select schools? Who are they educating? How are the students doing? In this interactive presentation, one of the study’s authors, Tracy Huebner, Senior Research Associate at WestEd, will present the preliminary findings from the report, along with recommendations for further study. | |
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Download the Rethinking High School report. Related resources from SchoolsMovingUp: If you would like some background reading about this topic, please visit the SchoolsMovingUp Reading Room, which has abstracts of articles and books offering practical ideas and models for school improvement. Often there is a direct link to the full-text resource. Based on your interest in this event, you might be specifically interested in the Secondary section of the Reading Room. SchoolsMovingUp has also presented another online event related to this topic, “Small But Mighty: The Promise of Smaller Learning Communities For High School Redesign.” Our archive lets you watch and listen to the presentation, questions, and discussion. If you need assistance with secondary literacy, WestEd’s Secondary Literacy Support Network and Strategic Literacy Initiative can help. | |
Tracy Huebner, Senior Research Associate, WestEd
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