Raising the grade
Subtitle: how secondary school reform can save our youth and the nation
By: Bob Wise.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2008
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780470180273
Subjects: Education, Secondary -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-269) and index.
Table of contents: value: America's high schools : ignoring decades of warnings; value: The high cost of high school neglect; value: Demography as destiny : race and class inequities; value: Dropout factories : behind the graduation rate charade; value: Strengthening adolescent literacy : a national priority; value: Creating quality high schools : what works?; value: Investing in high schools : a new federal role; value: Achieving the vision.