NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Price, Madeline; Corrin, William – MDRC, 2020
In a 2006 report, MDRC comparatively analyzed its evaluations of three comprehensive interventions -- Career Academies, First Things First, and Talent Development -- to identify strategies that address five critical challenges to reform: (1) creating a personalized and orderly learning environment; (2) assisting students who enter high school with…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Change, Barriers, Teaching Methods
Quint, Janet – MDRC, 2006
High school reform has moved to the top of the education policy agenda, commanding the attention of the federal government, governors, urban school superintendents, philanthropists, and the general public. All are alarmed by stubbornly high dropout rates, by the low academic achievement of many high school students, and by the large numbers of…
Descriptors: High Schools, Talent Development, School Restructuring, Low Achievement