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Article: High school transformation: core principles: partners of the National High School Alliance have developed an action plan that provides research-based strategies for creating lasting change.
- Article from:
- Leadership
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
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As influential voices from the nation's public and private sectors call for an urgent re-assessment of the traditional, comprehensive American public high school, leaders at all levels have important roles to play in the challenge put forth by the National High School Alliance and other leading organizations: to ensure that high schools prepare all youth for success in post-secondary education, in careers, and as active participants in civic life.
High school administrators have a particularly critical role to play. As leaders on the ground in their schools, administrators see the challenges and successes of high school transformation directly. Administrators ...