America's high schools
Contributors: Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Series: The future of children -- v. 19, no. 1; Future of children -- v. 19, no. 1.
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University; Brookings Institution
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [Princeton, N.J.]; [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780981470528
Subjects: Secondary Education; Standards; High school graduates; Education (Higher); School-to-work transition; Education; Aims and objectives; School improvement programs; Child welfare
Notes: Cover title.

"Spring 2009."

"A collaboration of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and the Brookings Institution."

Includes bibliographical references.

Also issued online through the Future of children's website.
Table of contents: title: Introducing the issue --; title: Can the American high school become an avenue of advancement for all? --; title: How do American students measure up? : making sense of international comparisons --; title: Falling off track during the transition to high school : what we know and what can be done --; title: Finishing high school : alternative pathways and dropout recovery --; title: Improving low-performing high schools: searching for evidence of promise --; title: U.S. high school curriculum: three phases of contemporary research and reform --; title: Instruction in high schools: the evidence and the challenge --; title: College readiness for all: the challenge for urban high schools --; title: Expanding policy options for educating teenagers.