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May 2008 | Volume 65 | Number 8
Marge Scherer
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Why it's time to change our high schools.
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Linda Darling-Hammond and Diane Friedlaender
Five schools show how to beat the odds for low-income students.
Gary Hoachlander
Multiple pathways connect college prep with career education.
Hugh B. Price
A promising high school model emerges from the military.
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Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe
The mission of high schools is to make meaning.
John D. Forbes and Catherine Richelieu Saunders
In addition to attending their local high schools, students enroll in psychology, finance, or engineering labs.
Jacqueline Ancess
What would it take for small schools to realize their potential?
Billie Donegan
If you want to reshape high school, start by changing 9th grade.
Anthony Jackson
A network model enlarges students' worlds.
Janet Quint
Three reform models provide guidance for restructuring schools.
Carol Caruso
A school goes the distance.
Mary Hatwood Futrell and Joel Gomez
Ability grouping denies poor and minority students an enriched curriculum.
Nancy DeFord
ASCD visits schools to glean international lessons.
Jane L. David
W. James Popham
Thomas R. Hoerr
Douglas B. Reeves
Judy Seltz
ASCD celebrates its 65th anniversary.
Jeffrey Beard and Ian Hill
The International Baccalaureate curriculum develops global citizens.
Tom Clark
How to mine the many possibilities.
Keni Brayton Cox
From tutorials to new staffing practices, Whittier learns how to increase student achievement.
Teresa Preston
Laura Varlas
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