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Direct linkDavis, Jessica Hoffmann – Teachers College Press, 2011
In this follow-up to her bestselling book, "Why Our Schools Need the Arts", Jessica Hoffmann Davis addresses the alarming drop-out rate in our high schools and presents a thoughtful, evidence-based argument that increasing arts education in the high school curriculum will keep kids in school. Davis shares compelling voices of teachers and their…
Descriptors: Evidence, High Schools, Educational Change, Secondary School Curriculum
Stone, James R., III; Lewis, Morgan V. – Teachers College Press, 2012
More than half of 9th graders in the United States will never complete a college degree. High schools must do more than prepare some students for college: They must prepare all American youth for productive lives as well as continued learning beyond high school. In this timely volume, two educational leaders advocate for a more meaningful high…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, High Schools, Educational Change, Postsecondary Education
Draper, John C.; Protheroe, Nancy – Educational Research Service, 2010
It's up to school leaders to shift the momentum away from conversations based on misperceptions and toward those that study critical issues about school improvement. "Crucial Conversations About America's Schools" talks about how to do this and provides examples of how to reframe conversations on the hot-button but important topics of…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Teacher Salaries, Charter Schools, Merit Pay
Kammeraad-Campbell, Susan – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2005
This riveting account of Dennis Littky and how his ideas turned around a troubled rural high school--the first school named to the acclaimed Coalition of Essential Schools--gives you a behind-the-scenes perspective on how principal leadership can accomplish positive change. Read how Littky's philosophy of personalized learning--one student at a…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Educational Change, Individualized Instruction, Rural Schools
American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC. – 1986
An educational "'Marshall Plan' form the States," targeted to strengthen public schools and colleges at all levels and in every region of the country, is called for to prepare the American people for life in the 21st century. A number of social, political, economic and educational conditions, including the rising dropout and illiteracy…
Descriptors: Black Students, Blue Ribbon Commissions, College Role, Dropout Rate
Holmberg, Borje – 1995
This book provides a comprehensive survey of literature regarding the theory and practice of distance education (DE). Among the aspects of DE discussed are the following; overall picture of DE today (concept/evolution, DE and open learning, modes of teaching/learning); background (basic questions concerning education/teaching/learning and impact…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Education, Continuing Education, Correspondence Study
