This study examined the relationship of the achievement of African American male students enrolled in an early college high school to those enrolled in a performing arts high school. The Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT) scores of the 11th-grade African American male students from an early college high school were compared to the GHSGT…

A collection of five articles focuses on some of the factors that promote quality education in public elementary and secondary education. Each article is accompanied by a list of sources, resources, and exemplary schools or programs. The first, on student discipline, discusses how to organize schools in ways that encourage disciplined behavior…

Educational opportunity is often based on standardized testing and normative educational structures, which can perpetuate labeling and inequality. Rather than force students to conform to fixed expectations and models, schools must assure the delivery of educational services to all students through individualized instruction and alternative…