On May 15, 2012, JoAnne M. Malloy, Ph.D., of the Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire presented a Webinar for the Community of Practice for School Behavioral Health titled “Personal Futures Planning and Youth Engagement.” The presentation centered on students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) and ways for engaging EBD high school students in their academic and career planning. This group of students is…

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The California Department of Education, the National High School Center, and the California Comprehensive Center have been supporting numerous California districts and schools in implementing an Early Warning System through California’s Early Warning and Intervention System (EWIS) pilot project. Pilot participants have been using either the National High School Center’s Early Warning System High School Tool or its EWS Middle Grades Tool  to identify and support at-risk students…

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In the April 19^th Coalition for a College- and Career-Ready America’s Webinar, Leveraging the Time Beyond School to Accelerate Student Achievement , panelists Joe Davis (Chief Operating Officer for Florida Afterschool Network), Maria Ferguson (Vice President of Policy of Alliance for Excellent Education), Dr. Lucy Friedman (President of the After-School Corporation), Phillip Lovell (Vice President of Federal Advocacy, Alliance for Excellent Education) and Dr. Elena Silva (Senior Policy Analyst, Education…

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The National High School Center is pleased to announce our new College and Career Readiness Webpages!

The increased focus on college and career readiness (CCR), combined with the complexity of the challenges associated with the topic, have led to a rapidly expanding CCR community, rich with resources while increasingly complicated. To make sense of the landscape, the National High School Center conducted a scan of organizations that…

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Bullying in schools has become widely viewed as an urgent social, health, and educational concern. A recent U.S. Department of Education report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety indicated that about 20 percent of students ages 12-18 reported that gangs were present in their school during the school year. A 2011 report by the U.S. Department of Education showed a promising trend – most states already have…

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This blog is the fourth in a series of blogs by Mel Riddile, Associate Director for High School Services at the National Association of Secondary School Principals, on the principal’s role in implementing the Common Core State Standards.

School leaders should consider 10 keys to successful implementation of the Common Core State Standards:

1. Vision – School leaders will need to collaboratively construct a “crystal clear mental picture” of what…

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This blog is the third in a series of blogs by Mel Riddile, Associate Director for High School Services at the National Association of Secondary School Principals, on the principal’s role in implementing the Common Core State Standards.

The shift in instructional intent from high school completion to college and career readiness effectively places each and every student on a pathway to college and career readiness. The big picture is…

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