http://www.netvouz.com/url/4762309c71b355e6fa9ac95a7def26fe?feed=rss Info about a link http://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/rs/777?pa Reported here are the conclusions from formal evaluations over the past ten years of high school reform shepherded by the California Academic Partnership Program (CAPP). CAPP schools are each funded for three to five years, with grants of about $100,000 a year, to make fundamental changes for their students. As these schools discovered, not all changes are equally valuable, but some are simply essential. Inside High School Reform lays out some of the apparently universal lessons of making the reform changes that matter. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Leading School Improvement jgordon Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:31:46 GMT http://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/rs/777?pa Book by Jordan Horowitz, California Academic Partnership Program This book goes inside the reform efforts of 28 high schools where educators collaborated to fundamentally change expectations for students — in effect, to prepare all students for postsecondary education. They found some changes to be critical. (I haven't read but recommended by West ED. School Reform jgordon Fri, 16 Sep 2005 11:37:16 GMT