Can school districts fix America's high schools?

December 1-2, 2006 - Sacramento

This regional seminar at the Sacramento Bee examined district reform, especially how it relates to high schools. Panel discussions focused on how to help freshmen make the transition to high school, unions' roles in reform, and the future of vocational education.

• Read the brochurefrom the seminar.
• View the California Business for Educational Excellence Foundation's presentation on how rapidly test scores from California schools could improve if all campuses adopted the practices of some of the high-performing schools.
• Read a piece about the history and future of teacher unions written by Adam Urbanski. He is president of the Rochester Teachers Association, a vice-president of the American Federation of Teachers, and director of the Teacher Union Reform Network (TURN) of AFT and NEA locals.
• Find examples of excellent writing about teens. L.A. Times writer Erika Hayasaki takes on one girl's family tragedy and interracial teen romance.
• Or, view apresentation from ConnectEd: the California Center for College and Career on how the organization's leaders think teachers can better prepare all students for college and career at the same time.