Managing the Transition to High School in a Comprehensive Urban High School


 

Publication Date: May 2007

Publisher: National High School Center (U.S.)

Author(s): Thomas J. Smith

Research Area: Education

Keywords: Secondary education; Education reform; Student support

Type: Brief

Coverage: Pennsylvania

Abstract:

Thomas A. Edison, a comprehensive high school serving a low-income, largely Hispanic population in Philadelphia, uses the Talent Development model’s Ninth-Grade Success Academy to help ease the transition for students into high school. This "snapshot," published by the National High School Center, explains how Edison’s Academy works.