Monday, March 07, 2005

Just days following the nation's governors' summit on high schools, my state, Georgia, is holding a conference on high school reform. Every high school in the state was asked to send a team. Our principal was there. So, what do we need ot do to raise the success of high schools in the state with the second lowest SAT scores and a horrendous drop-out rate. My list would include: retaining vocational education programs as an option reducing class sizes raising the teaching profession attracting and retaining good qualified teachers--some money adn creativity have to go into this initiating work-school programs whole new kinds of real-world relevant courses Shorter school days and longer school year (year round with scattered breaks) Or, 4 day weeks and year-round mandatory parental involvement Hmm, I'm just getting started..... 10:49:46 PM    comment []