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Conference on Teaching Excellence

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May 2008 | Volume 65 | Number 8

Reshaping High Schools


Feature Articles

Perspectives / The High School Scene

Marge Scherer

Listen online at http://shop.ascd.org/mp3/el_may2008.mp3

High Schools at the Tipping Point

Bob Wise

Why it's time to change our high schools.

Creating Excellent and Equitable Schools

Linda Darling-Hammond and Diane Friedlaender

Five schools show how to beat the odds for low-income students.

Bringing Industry to the Classroom

Gary Hoachlander

Multiple pathways connect college prep with career education.

About-Face!

Hugh B. Price

A promising high school model emerges from the military.

Put Understanding First

Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe

The mission of high schools is to make meaning.

How We Reinvented the High School Experience

John D. Forbes and Catherine Richelieu Saunders

In addition to attending their local high schools, students enroll in psychology, finance, or engineering labs.

Small Alone Is Not Enough

Jacqueline Ancess

What would it take for small schools to realize their potential?

The Linchpin Year

Billie Donegan

If you want to reshape high school, start by changing 9th grade.

High Schools in the Global Age

Anthony Jackson

A network model enlarges students' worlds.

Lessons from Leading Models

Janet Quint

Three reform models provide guidance for restructuring schools.

Bringing Online Learning to Life

Carol Caruso

A school goes the distance.

Special Topic / How Tracking Creates a Poverty of Learning

Mary Hatwood Futrell and Joel Gomez

Ability grouping denies poor and minority students an enriched curriculum.

Special Topic / Australian Snapshots

Nancy DeFord

ASCD visits schools to glean international lessons.

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What Research Says About... / Small Learning Communities

Jane L. David

Ask About Accountability / Timed Tests for Tykes?

W. James Popham

The Principal Connection / Stop, Look, and Listen

Thomas R. Hoerr

Leading to Change / Improving Student Attendance

Douglas B. Reeves

ASCD Community in Action

Looking Back, Looking Forward: A Focus on High School Reform

Judy Seltz

ASCD celebrates its 65th anniversary.

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How IB Prepares Students

Jeffrey Beard and Ian Hill

The International Baccalaureate curriculum develops global citizens.

Online Learning: Pure Potential

Tom Clark

How to mine the many possibilities.

What's Working in Whittier

Keni Brayton Cox

From tutorials to new staffing practices, Whittier learns how to increase student achievement.

EL Study Guide

Teresa Preston

Best of the Blog

Laura Varlas

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