In a previous post, Doing What Works: Helping Students Navigate the Path to College, Marlene Darwin of the Doing What Works Initiative introduced their new online resource, Helping Students Navigate the Path to College.  This is one in a series of follow up posts describing the content of that resource.

In order to ensure all students are academically prepared to graduate high school and enter postsecondary education, many…

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High school students around the country are participating in year-round and summer programs designed to help students develop skills needed for college and careers.  We asked Daisha Hale, a 2011 graduate from Benjamin Banneker Academic Senior High School in Washington, DC, to tell about her experience in the Mayor’s Youth Leadership Institute.

The Mayor’s Youth Leadership Institute (MYLI) is a youth leadership training and development program in Washington, DC,…

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A new study released by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) last week asked ninth graders about their anticipated profession at age 30, and how often they thought about pursuing their future career. Almost half (49%) of ninth graders both identified a future profession and reported they spent a lot of time thinking about it.  Only 29% did not identify a profession.  A higher percentage of black students reported…

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Looking for events that address high school improvement?  Check out this list of upcoming events, and be sure to visit the National High School Center’s Calendar for more high school-related events.

• Creating the Foundation for Comprehensive School Climate Reform
  Sponsoring Organization: National School Climate Center
  Date/Time: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 – Thursday, July 14, 2011
  Location: New York, NY
  Registration deadline: July 6, 2011

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To support efforts to increase postsecondary access for all students, the U.S. Department of Education has recently released new resources on Doing What Works, a website that translates research-based practices into practical tools for school improvement. The topic, Helping Students Navigate the Path to College offers free, online resources that translate research-based practices from the IES Practice Guide into tools and multimedia products to support educators seeking…

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The National Forum on Education Statistics recently released a guide designed for use by school, district, and state staff to improve the effectiveness of efforts to collect and use disciplinary incident data. The guide, Forum Guide to Crime, Violence, and Discipline Data, provides recommendations on what types of data to collect, why it is critical to collect such data, and how to implement and manage an incident database.…

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This is one in a series of blog posts about the recent Midwest High School SIG Conference, held May 18-19, in Chicago.

At the recent Midwest High School SIG Conference, Phil Jankowski, principal at Armada High School in Armada, Michigan, described the processes used at his high school to evaluate teachers.

At Armada, teachers are evaluated based on a standard lesson observation with pre- and post-conferences…

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