The Commission on High School Redesign was created in 2004 by the Governor, and appointed by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Board of Regents, to redesign high schools enabling all Louisiana youth to graduate from high school prepared to succeed. The Commission’s website publishes online reports issued by, or relevant to their work. The website also hosts the reports and presentations from the Louisiana High School Redesign Commission Summit of March 2007 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. These documents pertain to various areas of high school redesign including transcripts or slide shows of invited presentations to the commission, in which some contain descriptions of exemplary programs. The website can serve as a model for other states creating similar commissions for reforming high schools.
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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.
