A Research-based
Reform Model
High Schools That Work
is the largest and oldest of the Southern Regional Education Board’s
school-improvement initiatives for high school and middle grades leaders and
teachers. More than 1,000 HSTW sites in 31 states are using the
HSTW framework of goals and key practices to raise student achievement.
The other SREB school-improvement initiatives are:
All of these initiatives are joined in their
goal to prepare students for careers and further education by improving
curriculum and instruction in high schools and middle grades. SREB and an
initial group of state partners launched High Schools That Work
in 1987. Through the years, the work has taken on new dimensions as
needs have arisen in the areas of middle grades education, transition from
middle grades to high school, raising performance in low-performing and
urban high schools, and raising standards in career/technical education.
Recently, SREB received funding to work with states and institutions of
higher education to improve the preparation of new and emerging school
leaders.
The National Perspective
Focusing Education on the Future:
USDOE Career Clusters
Career Clusters: Prepare, Connect, and Deliver
Career Clusters
link what students learn in school with the knowledge and skills
they need for success in college and careers.
The State Perspective
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In Focus
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Maryland Career Clusters
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Maryland Career Clusters promote
student success by relating high school to
their future goals and aspirations. In
turn, more students can reach high
levels of performance, thus closing the
achievement gaps.
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