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Hill, Paul T.; Maas, Tricia – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2015
High school redesign is one of the most elusive reform challenges to date. This paper explains why personalized high schools are hard to get and keep in a traditional school district, and shows how they can be made much more broadly available through changes in policy and philanthropic investments. Drawing from examples of successful and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, High Schools, Instructional Leadership, Institutional Autonomy
Gittman, Elizabeth – 1991
An alternative high school program was evaluated. In 1990 the Program for Alternative Comprehensive Education (PACE) enrolled 40 students in grades 9 through 12 from 20 school districts in Nassau County (New York). Students had been assessed as being at risk for dropping out. The curriculum emphasized self-paced learning in an individualized,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Comprehensive Programs, Dropout Prevention, High Risk Students