April 1, 2007
Academic Interventions to Help Students Meet Rigorous Standards: State Policy Options
The National High School Alliance announced the release of a new report, Academic Interventions to Help Students Meeting Rigorous Standards. The report is intended to inform the design of state policies and programs
to help at-risk students succeed as they face challenging, college-preparatory curricula and increased graduation requirements.
Read the announcement or visit the Alliance Publications Page for more information.
February 7, 2007
Policy Brief: Federal Policy Positions of National High School Alliance Partners
The National High School Alliance announced the release of a new policy brief, Federal Policy Positions of National High School Alliance Partners. The brief examines the federal policy positions of HS Alliance partner organizations, representing multiple stakeholder and constituent groups. It provides a summary of the common themes and differences in partner organizations’ positions on the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and a short summary of partners’ statements on other federal legislation.
Read the announcement or visit the Alliance Policy Center.
January 31, 2007
MetLife Task Force on Teacher Leadership in High Schools Announced
MetLife Foundation has provided funding to the Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) to identify and disseminate information about where teacher leadership is expected, practiced and supported by principals, superintendents, and school board members. The MetLife Task Force on Teacher Leadership in High Schools is focused on answering the question, “How will we lead America’s high schools?”
Read the announcement for more information.
January 3, 2007
Resource Guide for Action: Transforming High School for All Youth
The Resource Guide for Action, a section of the HS Alliance website, provides tools, strategies, and research to help policymakers and practitioners take action around the six core principles of A Call to Action.
Read the announcement or visit the Resource Guide for Action.
December 19, 2006
HS Alliance Director To Serve on Expert Panel on High School Improvement
Naomi G. Housman, Director of the National High School Alliance, will serve on the Friends of the National High School Center Working Group, a distinguished panel of award-winning practitioners, distinguished researchers, and senior staff from national education organizations and foundations, convened to share best practices on pressing issues in high school improvement. The working group will provide guidance and direction as the the National High School Center offers high school-related assistance to the Regional Comprehensive Centers of the U.S. Department of Education.
Learn more about the National High School Center.
April 11, 2005
Call to Action
On April 11, 2005, the National High School Alliance announced the official release of A Call to Action: Transforming High School for All Youth, a framework of six core principles and recommended strategies for preparing all of our nation's youth for college, careers, and active civic participation. A Call To Action provides leaders at the national, state, district, school, and community levels with a common framework for building public will, developing supportive policies, and actually implementing the practices needed to radically change the traditional, factory-model high school that tracks and sorts students.
A Call to Action is the result of the National High School Alliance's work over the past two years to tap the expertise of its diverse partnership of 40+ national organizations to identify what it takes to produce high academic achievement, close the achievement gap, and promote civic and personal growth among all high-school-age youth.
Read the press release or download the report.
December 1, 2004
Forum for the Release of the Career Academy National Standards of Practice
Developed by an informal consortium of career academy organizations, the
Career Academy National Standards of Practice, are framed around ten key elements of successful implementation,
drawn from many years of research and experience from all parts of the country.
Read the media advisory.
May 14, 2004
Crisis or Possibility: Conversations About the American High School
Students from a range of socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds are disengaging
from and/or dropping out of high school each day. This new report from
the National High School Alliance looks at how leaders are beginning to
transform America's traditional, comprehensive high school in ways that
make it responsive to the needs of all students. Based on proceedings
from a series of conferences in the fall of 2003, the report identifies
seven "key levers for change," and exposes the gaps and challenges
that remain.
Read the press release or download
the report.
October 23, 2002
Recipient of Gates and Kellogg Foundations Grants
The National High School Alliance was the recent recipient of three-year
funding totaling $501,383 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The HS Alliance will continue to be housed
and staffed by the Institute for Educational Leadership. With this new
support, the HS Alliance will advance its mission to foster high achievement,
close the achievement gap, and promote civic and personal growth among
high school-aged youth.
Read the press release.
June 17, 2002
All Over the Map: State Policies to Improve the High School This report examines trends, policy assumptions and tensions that
key state education statutes and board requirements hold for high schools.
The state policies considered are divided into three categories:
policies specific to high schools, such as compulsory schooling, Carnegie
Units and curriculum,
General Education Development - GED policies that detail opportunities
to learn, such as teacher certification and student retention/promotion,
and
alternative schools policies that are new and in rapid flux, such
as standards and accountability, assessment and high school exit tests.
Workforce Innovations 2007
Putting Knowledge to Work: MDRC's Third Conference on High School Reform
Testimony to the District of Columbia Public Schools
National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education National Conference
United States Department of Labor, Education and Training Administration
Congressional Conference on Civic Education
Life Science Career Alliance, Delaware Valley Region
American Architectural Association
Kalamazoo, Michigan High School Administrators
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development National Conference
National Association of Secondary School Principals National Conference
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Wisconsin High School Taskforce Meeting
PARTNER CONTRIBUTIONS
The National High School Alliance would like to thank the partner organizations who have supported the HS Alliance with both monetary and in-kind contributions. With their support, the HS Alliance will continue to work towards its vision, a nationwide committment to fostering high academic achievement, closing the achivement gap, and promoting civic and personal growth among all youth in our high schools and communities. View List of Contributors
