This report offers lessons from the last in a series of three high school reform conferences sponsored by MDRC, the Council of the Great City Schools, and the National High School Alliance and is intended to help identify strategies for improving underperforming high schools. The districts that participated in the conference are at various stages in their school reform efforts, but all face these common challenges:
- Creating an environment in which students feel that teachers and other adults know them and care about them;
- Ensuring that classes for students who begin at all levels of academic achievement are supportive, engaging, and demanding; and
- Giving all students the guidance and assistance they need to plan for their future after high school.
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Research and Reports