Improving the quality of high school education is an urgent challenge that can only be solved by working together… Getting every child to graduate high school with a meaningful diploma in their hands is one of the biggest challenges our country faces.
Today only 68 out of 100 entering ninth grade will graduate from high school on schedule.
Fewer than 20 will graduate on time from college. Meanwhile, 80% of the fastest-growing jobs will require some postsecondary education.
Calhoun ISD and participating local district teams are addressing the following goals:
To evaluate current practices against their effectiveness in creating conditions for student success within schools.
To examine what a successful student needs to know in order to master GLCEs & CCEs.
To question the role of formative and summative assessment, grading, homework, etc.
To examine the characteristics of a classroom that implements these practices.
To understand the latest information relating to high school redesign.
To support teams in their work during the PD sessions and in their own districts.
