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Tomorrow's High School: Creating Student Pathways for Both College and Career

Tomorrow's High School: Creating Student Pathways for Both College and Career

Bottoms, Gene

Paperback

General Education

Publisher Price: $36.95

ISBN10: 1416630872
ISBN13: 9781416630876
Publisher: Assn For Supervision & Curricu
Published: Apr 11 2022
Pages: 220
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.54 Width: 8.11 Depth: 10.02
Language: English

How do some high schools produce graduates that consistently achieve at high levels? Would you believe there's a set of proven strategies that could help you deliver similar impressive results and better prepare students for the world after high school?

High schools in the United States face a startling reality: many graduates are unprepared for success in postsecondary studies or for high-demand, well-paying jobs in a rapidly changing economy. Although this situation is alarming, the high schools that have embraced new ways of learning show us what is possible.

Drawing from his experience with the High Schools That Work initiative, Gene Bottoms offers educators a path forward by urging them to pursue bold goals and outlining bold actions for achieving those goals. His vision is clear: replace the traditional model of secondary education with one that engages students in a rigorous curriculum that combines a solid academic core with intellectually demanding career pathway courses.

The notion that nearly all students can achieve at high levels is borne out by numerous examples of high schools--including those with traditionally underperforming student populations--that have used key strategies to help all students realize their potential.

Bottoms explains the root causes of the current shortcomings in high school education and then specifies critical components of successful transformation:

* Shared leadership;

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