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NATIONAL NETWORK
OF CONSTITUENT ORGANIZATIONS E-NEWSLETTER
February 28, 2006
This update will focus on the progress of the High School Honor States Grant Program at the mid-point of the two-year grant. A recent mid-term report and panel discussion assessed honor states' progress and challenges in achieving high school reform goals.
CONTENTS
NETWORK
RESOURCES AND INFORMATION
HONOR STATE UPDATES
NETWORK
RESOURCES AND INFORMATION
National High School Alliance Resources
NEW! Policy Brief: Federal Policy Positions of National High School Alliance Partners
This brief provides a summary of the common themes and differences in partner organizations' positions on the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind and a short summary of partners' statements on other federal legislation, including policies specific to career technical education and graduation rates.
Read the Announcement | Full Brief
NEW! Mapping the Field: See Where HS Alliance Partners Work and Who Supports Them
This new section of the HS Alliance web site provides an overview of the places partner organizations are engaged in high school and youth work and the funders supporting them in these efforts.
View the Web Page
Resource Guide for Action: Transforming High School for All Youth
Access expertise, strategies, tools, indicators protocols, and research in the newly launched Resource Guide for Action: Transforming High School for All Youth. The Resource Guide for Action is designed to help policymakers and practitioners take action around the six core principles of A Call to Action: Transforming High School for All Youth. The Call to Action is the HS Alliance’s framework of principles and recommended strategies to guide leaders at all levels in transforming the traditional, comprehensive high school so that all youth are ready for college, careers, and active civic participation.
HS Alliance Resource Guide
Network Member Resources
Creating a World-Class Education System in Ohio
This report is intended for Ohio policymakers and all other stakeholders interested in moving Ohio’s K-12 system to world-class levels. The report was commissioned by Achieve, Inc., with its fact base, international benchmarking of Ohio’s K-12 system and identification of best practice implications for Ohio, conducted by McKinsey & Company.
Full Report
Governor Michael F. Easley and Intel Corporation Chairman Craig R. Barrett Speak to Higher Education Leaders
Watch North Carolina Governor Michael F. Easley and Intel Corporation Chairman Craig R. Barrett speak to higher education leaders at the National Higher Education Leadership Summit in Washington on January 22nd. The summit was sponsored by Achieve, ACE, SHEEO, and NASH.
Full Speeches
Other Resources
Sustaining Change in High School Reform
This issue brief from MDRC considers the factors that power and sustain effective high school reform. It is based on their research studies of several high school reform models.
Full Brief
Surprise: High School Reform is Working
This article from the Phi Delta Kappan outlines the basic strategies in the national high school reform agenda over the past decade and finds that the reformers are actually making progress.
Full Article
HONOR STATE UPDATES
NGA Forum on Midterm Progress in the Honor States
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices hosted a forum on midterm progress in the High School Honor States on Thursday, February 15 in Washington, DC. The forum was held in conjunction with the publication of Redesigning High School in 10 Honor States: A Midterm Report. The report provides an overview of the high school redesign work of the ten Honor States during the first year of their grants.
Panelists at the forum included:
• Sue Carnell, Chief Policy Advisor for Education, Office of Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm
• Janet Durfee-Hidalgo, Education Policy Analyst, Office of Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri
• David Shane, member, Indiana State Board of Education
• Lynn Olson, Managing Editor of Special Projects, Education Week (moderator)
Representatives attending the forum from the other Phase One Honor States also participated in the discussion. The panelists and other forum participants discussed a range of issues including increasing course requirements and ensuring rigor, building public and stakeholder support for reform, promoting access to postsecondary education, and incorporating career and technical education in reform efforts.
For more information, see a panel summary prepared by the National High School Alliance.
If there are any resources you would like to share with the recipients of this newsletter, please send an e-mail to chaitr@iel.org.
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