High Schools That Work

High Schools That Work

Update Newsletter Fall 2003: Positive School Culture

This issue of the High Schools That Work newsletter offers a framework for evaluating school culture and making necessary changes to improve student achievement. The lead article examines the male vs. female culture in our nation's high schools and how this gender gap affects achievement. Several articles provide school leaders and teachers with experienced practioners' insights on effective ways to assess school culture and transform it into one in which all students can succeed.

Keywords: study teams, daily check-in, healthy rituals, unhealthy rituals, positive norms, negative norms

(03V58) Free; 40 pages

Goal that it reflects: 8. Every school has higher student performance and meets state academic standards for all students each year.

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