Publications and Materials

Special PowerPoint Presentations: 

Special 2003 Annual Staff Development Conference Publication:

Seven Tips for Improving Instructional Skills: Reminders for Teachers

• HSTW/MMGW Online Quarterly Newsletters

• Latest School Improvement Reports and Publications

• Getting Ready Series
  The High Schools That Work Getting Students Ready for High School series provides examples of course syllabi, lesson plans, assignments, assessments and professional development activities for preparing middle grades students for rigorous college-preparatory high school courses in three core subject areas.

• Getting Ready for College and Careers
  The High Schools That Work Getting Students Ready for College and Careers series provides examples of course syllabi, lesson plans, assignments, assessments and professional development activities for preparing high school students for postsecondary studies and careers.

• Brochures
  HSTW brochures outline the basic work of HSTW and MMGW and any special initiatives or projects.

• HSTW Staff Development
  

• HSTW Newsletters
  HSTW’s Update newsletters contain information and tips to help states and schools raise the academic and career/technical achievement of high school and middle-grades students. (Acrobat Reader PDF Format)

• HSTW 2006 Newsletters
  

• Special Reports
  Special Reports are longer and more in-depth research-based publications that examine aspects of the implementation of the Key Practices and results of the HSTW and Middle Grades Assessments and Teacher and Student Surveys.

• Case Studies
  Case Studies focus on High Schools That Work sites that have made significant progress in raising student achievement by implementing the HSTW framework of Key Practices and Conditions.

• Research Briefs
  Research Briefs are based on findings and implications from the High Schools That Work Assessment of career-bound students’ reading, mathematics and science achievement. They describe what school leaders and teachers can do to raise achievement by implementing the HSTW Key Practices.

• Site Development Guides
  Site Development Guides address the practical needs of school leaders – superintendents, principals, teachers and counselors – in raising the achievement of high school students. Each guide provides hands-on advice and examples for changing school and classroom practices.

• State Progress Reports
  State Progress Reports describe the advances that High Schools That Work states have made in raising student achievement. They also contain recommendations for further actions that the states can take to achieve the HSTW school improvement objectives.

• Outstanding Practices
  HSTW collects "best practices" from schools in its network and throughout the nation and compiles them annually into a publication. To promote networking among schools, each school profile contains the name, address and phone number of a contact person who can provide more information.

• HSTW Books
  

• Leadership Newsletters
  

• Videos on Integrated Learning
  

• Videos on Replacing the General Track
  Simply renaming low-level courses does not mean that a school has raised expectations for all students or that teachers have changed what and how students are taught. In fact, most schools are somewhere along the way in the journey toward changing school and classroom practices to raise student performance. This HSTW video course will help your school begin or renew its efforts to set high standards in all classes and to communicate that high school studies count. Originally produced as a satellite course, Replacing the General Track is a five-part series of 60- and 90-minute programs that contain many examples from exemplary HSTW sites. The programs can be used in full or in segments for professional development activities, workshops on specific topics, planning sessions, and school and community meetings. Volume discounts are not available on these items.

• College and Career Transitions
  

• Other HSTW Publications
  

• MMGW Publications

• Leadership Publications
   
• Materials List and Order Form

• Price List of Publications

• Subscription Service

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For more information, call (404) 875-9211, Ext. 236, or e-mail publications@sreb.org.