Relationships, Rigor, and Readiness: Strategies for Improving High Schools

Contributing Organization(s): MDRC


Author(s)/Creator(s): Janet Quint; Saskia Levy Thompson; Margaret Bald

Publishing Date: 2008-10-01

Issue Areas: Education and Literacy

Ownership/Rights Info: Copyright 2008 by MDRC. All rights reserved.

This report offers lessons from the last in a series of three high school reform conferences sponsored by MDRC, the Council of the Great City Schools, and the National High School Alliance. This conference in June 2007 brought together leaders from 22 midsize school districts to describe their reform initiatives and to discuss ways in which research and evaluation can inform and complement school change.

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Intended Audience: Advocates; Policy Professionals; Researchers; Teachers-high school

Type/Format: CaseStudy; Policy Brief

Language code: English

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