Report » A Call to Action: Transforming High School for all Youth

Categories

EDUCATION, inclusive education, secondary education, REFORM

Areas

PRACTITIONER:group practice and professional learning, SCHOOL:culture of change and improvement, DISTRICT:culture of renewal and improvement

Authors

National High School Alliance,

Published

2005, 12/14/2009

Publisher

National High School Alliance

Abstract

"In A Call to Action: Transforming High School for All Youth, the National High School Alliance identifies six core principles and recommended strategies that will foster high academic achievement, close the achievement gap, and promote civic and personal growth among all high-school-age youth in our high schools and communities. At the center of the framework is the Alliance’s belief that the purpose of high school is to ensure that all high-schoolage students are ready for college, careers, and active civic participation. A Call To Action represents the collective knowledge of the National High School Alliance partners. It is designed to provide policymakers, practitioners, researchers, and the general public with a framework for guiding the complex process of transforming the traditional, comprehensive high school. A central premise of A Call to Action is that deep and lasting change requires a systemic approach. High schools and districts cannot do this work alone: they need engaged and invested families, business communities, and policymakers who are committed to ensuring that all students have access to the resources and supports they need. A Call to Action provides a common framework around which leaders and stake-holders at all levels can jointly plan, implement, assess, and continually improve policy systems and practices that incorporate, connect, and align the best of both bottom-up (school and community-based) and top-down (state and federal policy-based) solutions."

Files

• http://www.niusileadscape.org/docs/FINAL_PRODUCTS/LearningCarousel/CalltoAction2005.pdf