Pressing forward : increasing and expanding rigor and relevance in America's high schools

Pressing Forward: Increasing and Expanding Rigor and Relevance in America's High Schools is organized to place secondary education, specifically the goals of preparing young adults to be college and career ready, in contemporary perspective, emphasizing the changing global economy and trends in...

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Other Authors Smerdon, Becky (Editor), Borman, Kathryn M. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2012.
SeriesResearch on high school and beyond.
Subjects
Education, Secondary > United States.
School improvement programs > United States.
Education > Schools > Levels > Secondary.
Secondary schools.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806615513
DOI10.1108/978-1-61735-598-1
Physical Description1 online resource (x, 232 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. Pathways in america's high schools / Becky Smerdon, Aimee Evan, Kathryn Borman, and Arland Nguema
  • Chapter 2. State policies to increase rigor and relevance in high schools / Jennifer Dounay Zinth
  • Chapter 3. Educational policy in practice: Implementing the ap for all movement in two florida high schools / Ashley Spalding, Aimee Eden, and Rebekah Heppner
  • Chapter 4. Adding college-ready coursework to a career-ready pathway: Implications for dropping out of high school / Ben Dalton and Robert Bozick
  • Chapter 5. Cte schools and labor market outcomes in young adulthood: A case study in a large urban school district / Ruth Curran Neild and Vaughan Byrnes
  • Chapter 6. Dual enrollment: A bridge between high school and college / Kellie Kim and Becky Smerdon
  • Chapter 7. Student experiences in early college schools / Susan Cole, Helen Duffy, Kaeli Keating, and Andrea Berger
  • Chapter 8. Virtual high schools: Forging another pathway with web-based schooling / Kellie Kim
  • Chapter 9. From sticks to carrots to getting it done: How converging visions and common action are generating new standards of practice for American high schools / Kristine Kilanski, Becky Smerdon, Nettie Legters, and Aimee Evan
  • Chapter 10. Preparing students for life after high school / Becky Smerdon, Kathryn Borman, and Aimee Evan.

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