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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: high schools.
School & District Management
Will the Real Secretary of Education Please Stand Up?
Bill Gates, high school reform in D.C., and reflections on Ted Sizer.
School Climate & Safety
The Politics of Race and the Achievement Gap
A Virginia high school teacher grapples with the way race shapes conversation about achievement.
College & Workforce Readiness
Pennsylvania Exit Exams Clear Final Hurdle
Pennsylvania state board of education approves new exit exams.
College & Workforce Readiness
Recommended Reading
Good reading on alternative high schools in Chicago and a California program that bridges high school and college expectations.
College & Workforce Readiness
Reports Examine College Costs, High School Counseling
The College Board finds tuition and fees rising faster than they have in recent years.
Assessment
Required Reading for College-Application Season
A new ACT report and comments by College Board President Gaston Caperton offer insight into college-admissions tests.
College & Workforce Readiness
Duncan Laments 'False Dichotomy' of College vs. Career
Arne Duncan said choosing between career and college-readiness standards is a "false choice."
College & Workforce Readiness
Southern States Report Making Progress on Graduation Rates
A report from the Southern Regional Education Board says the region has climbed back from a dip in graduation rates to inch up to the national average.
College & Workforce Readiness
Paper Makes Case for High School-College Alignment
Stanford University education professor Mike Kirst has spent many years on the challenge of building college readiness in adolescents. (See his blog, here, if you don't already know about it.) He has now written a paper for the Education Commission of the States that makes the case for another of the points he's long championed: better alignment between high school and college. He lays out things states should do to promote this kind of alignment. (If you want to know more about a state that has done more than most to align high school and college, read my recent story about Texas' work.)
College & Workforce Readiness
The Cost of Dropping Out: Particularly High for Young Black Men
A new study finds that one in four black male high school dropouts are in custody on an average day.
School & District Management
Who's at the Leading Edge of Career-Tech Ed Policy?
A new brief describes leading-edge work in career-tech ed policy.
School & District Management
Is Youth Violence in Chicago Worse Because of School Closures?
Youth violence in Chicago renews questions about the impact of school closures in the city's Renaissance 2010 school improvement plan.
School & District Management
A Teacher's Quest to Teach 'College Success'
A Cincinnati teacher is drawing national notice for a course she designed to help students succeed in college.
Teaching Profession
An Effective Way to Teach Literacy in Middle School?
Three researchers present a method of teaching middle-school literacy.