Resource Annex

Building on the Best, Learning from What Works: Six promising schoolwide reform programs (1998). Washington, DC: American Federation of Teachers.
65.110.81.56/pubs-reports/downloads/teachers/six.pdf
Includes case studies of two high schools that have used the High Schools That Work (HSTW) model to facilitate school reform.

Education Issues A-Z: High school reform. Education Week on the Web (June 23, 2004 update).
www.edweek.org/context/topics/issuespage.cfm?id=115
An online compendium of Education Week articles dealing with high school reform.

Improving Low-performing High Schools: Ideas & promising programs for high schools. (1999). Washington, DC: American Federation of Teachers .
www.aft.org/pubs-reports/downloads/teachers/lphs.pdf
Includes a list of starting points for schools that are beginning the reform process, as well as profiles of specific reform programs that have been successful around the country.

Reinventing High School: Six journeys of change. Steinberg, A., Malarkey, T., DeSalvatore, L., Cushman, K., Almeida, C., & Allen, L (2000). Boston, MA: Jobs for the Future.
www.essentialschools.org/cs/resources/view/ces_res/201
An indepth look at six high schools that have achieved positive results. This study was funded by the New American High Schools initiative of the U.S. Department of Education, with additional support from the LAB at Brown University.

Rethinking High School: Best practices in teaching, learning, and leadership. Daniels, H., Bizar, M., & Zemelman, S. (2000). Portsmouth, NH: Henemann.
The results of a remarkable attempt to put research into practice. The authors trace the first six years of a new high school in Chicago, from the first planning meetings to the first graduating class. Organized around 11 fundamental choices that all secondary schools must make, it can also serve as a checklist and study guide for high school reform efforts.

Transforming high schools [Special topic]. Noguera, P.A. (2004). Educational Leadership, 61(8): 26-31.
www.ascd.org/publications/ed_lead/200405/noguera.html
Summarizes the results of an intensive study of 10 Boston-area high schools.

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