This resource from the National High School Alliance provides core principles for improving high schools and recommended strategies for their implementation. It also provides other indicators, resources, and research. States can use this resource to model their own action plans, particularly for programs that are supposed to make youth ready for college, careers, and responsible citizenship.
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Background and Context
Providing leadership across a state's vast education system is a daunting challenge. In an era of increased accountability, the state's role is even more central to the teaching that takes place in each classroom throughout the state. Whether through the establishment and improvement of state data systems, or shifting the internal organization of the agency, states are undertaking a variety of efforts to provide stronger leadership.
