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Miller, Luke C.; Mittleman, Joel – Economics of Education Review, 2012
The "High Schools That Work" school improvement initiative is the nation's largest comprehensive school reform model with over a thousand schools adopting its framework. The initiative's premise is that all students can meet the demands of a college preparatory curriculum if provided the right supports. Analyzing over a decade of data on student…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, College Preparation
Vafiadi, Polixeni – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Data published on the official website of the NYC DOE indicated that slightly less than half (42%) of NYC students in grades three through eight are not proficient in ELA, and one quarter of them (25%) are not proficient in Math. School reform based on Hirsch's Cultural Literacy provided an additional dimension to exploring school reform and…
Descriptors: Evidence, Achievement Gap, Public Schools, School Restructuring