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High Schools that Work.
Bottoms, Gene; Mikos, Pat – Executive Educator, 1995
The Southern Regional Education Board's High Schools That Work program has successfully raised academic standards for non-college-bound students (the majority of students). Over 400 schools in 19 states now participate. The best HSTW schools feature higher expectations, tougher academic and vocational curricula, heftier homework assignments, and…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement