This mixed methods study examines the impact of a freshmen transition program for at-risk students at a large urban high school. The overall experiences of the participants affirmed that transition programs for at-risk students must provide a sense of belonging, teachers must be able to build strong relationships with students, and life-skills…

Secondary school administrators are increasingly finding themselves in the position of implementing Response to Intervention (RTI). This system of providing progressively intensive levels of intervention for the purposes of preventing academic failure and identifying children with learning disability may be useful at the secondary level. However,…

In this article, the authors discuss the characteristics and outcomes of a secondary-postsecondary collaborative professional development project. This project was initiated to address the issue of students' difficulties transitioning from secondary mathematics to postsecondary courses. Key characteristics include a climate of mutual respect, the…

Talks about the reorganization of a high school tutoring program to make it more effective. (LD)

The students at Dwight D. Eisenhower High School in Washington, Michigan, have been using a type of scheduling that allows them a choice of classes and teachers. Describes the process which consists of a pre-scheduling work-up and a college-type scheduling. (RK)

Describes a program designed to meet the needs of students in the junior high school age-group. (IRT)

Students in this volunteer program have scored significant gains in reading performance, self-concept, grade point average, and attendance. (IRT)

The Conceptual Curriculum Network is a model for curriculum planning that identifies essential aspects of curriculum planning, indicates flow within the planning process, and explains the interrelationship of essential aspects of the planning. (Author/IRT)

Change mythology vs. change reality introduces this summary of program descriptions by several principals and a frank discussion of what's ahead for their schools. (Editor/RB)

Describes the successful instructional television program at Biloxi (Mississippi) High School and the support the program receives from the state educational television system. (IRT)

Outlines the five items that one administrative team has stressed in promoting a workable, understandable, and realistic discipline program. The best move has been making administrators and counselors visible. (Author/IRT)

Describes a program at Stone Middle School in Melbourne, Florida. (JM)