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September Satellite Town Meeting #63
Back to School: Rethinking America's High Schools
Tuesday September 21, 1999 - 8:00 - 9:00pm ET
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How must American high schools change to better
prepare students for college and careers in the next century?

How can restructuring the school day and creative uses of technology,
teaching methods, and challenging standards help ensure that all high
school students receive a world-class education?

And how high schools create safe and disciplined environments
where all students feel connected?

Get plugged into a conversation about these vital issues on Tuesday,
September 21st,
at 8:00 Eastern time, as the U.S. Department of Education's Satellite Town
Meeting
focuses on "Back to School: Rethinking America's High Schools."  It's a
free, live,
interactive television program designed for you and your community.  Arrange
to
receive this satellite broadcast and explore what works in schools and
communities
across the country:

U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley will lead a lively discussion
focusing on
innovative high schools such as...

*       Coronado High School in Coronado, California, where academic
tracking has
        been abolished, and students take advantage of several highly
personalized
        curriculum options including the Coronado School of the Arts, Oxford
Academics,
        Coronado School of Math and Science, Biomedics, and Power, Energy,
and
        Transportation Technology.

*       Stevenson High School in the Chicago suburbs, which has moved from a

        large single-school structure to a school-within-a-school or "house"
concept.
        The school operates as three schools of 1,1000 students each with
its own
        faculty and counselors.

*       Sussex Technical High School in Delaware, which has been transformed

from an area vocational school with declining student enrollment and low
academic achievement to a restructured high school that offers students
a challenging, integrated curriculum.  At Sussex, classes are
block-scheduled
with technical classes meeting each day for 90 minutes and academic
classes meeting for 90 minutes every other day.

These schools are emblematic of an emerging trend in high school education.

They have been recognized by the New American High Schools Initiative, which

honors schools that are committed to helping all students to meet high
academic
standards and prepare for college and careers.

While rigorous and challenging, high schools dedicated to such comprehensive

reform efforts have witnessed marked student and school improvement.
Documented outcomes include: reduction in student dropout rates; increases
in standardized test scores and student attendance; high rates of student,
parent
and community satisfaction; and larger percentages of students meeting
rigorous
academic benchmarks, such as success in Advanced Placement (AP) classes
and examinations

Live from Seattle, Washington, U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley and

featured guests will discuss high schools like these that are re-imagining
the
way they do business.


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