Relationships, Rigor, and Readiness: Strategies for Improving High Schools

Publication Date: October 2008

Publisher: MDRC (Organization)

Author(s): Janet Quint; Saskia Levy Thompson; Margaret Bald; Julia Bernstein

Research Area: Education

Keywords: Educational Reform

Type: Report

Abstract:

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. This conference, which brought together leaders from 22 midsize urban school districts, provided a forum for practitioners to share research- and practice-based lessons about helping students transition successfully into high school, stay on track to graduation, and be prepared for moving into postsecondary education, training, or the workforce.