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Bleyaert, Barbara – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2009
"High Schools That Work" (HSTW) is the oldest and largest of Southern Regional Education Board's (SREB's) several school improvement initiatives (which also include "Middle Schools That Work"). The central purpose of HSTW is to engage students so fully in their learning that they stay in school and complete a rigorous, relevant…
Descriptors: Technical Assistance, State Aid, Educational Change, Data Analysis
Walker, Karen – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2005
For the past 50 years, poor physical health of adolescents has been a concern in the U.S. The obesity rate has tripled from 5% in 1980 to 15% in 2000. With more emphasis placed on high stakes standardized tests, the priority of physical education classes has taken a back seat. Based on a survey done in 2003, slightly more than half of the states…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Physical Education, Physical Activity Level, Physical Activities
Muir, Mike – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2004
According to the National Center for Education Statistics (Table 153), there are almost as many states that require a minimum of 2 credits of science for graduation (22) as there are those that require 3 credits (21). According to the "2000 High School Transcript Study," between 1990 and 2000, not only did the average number of science credits…
Descriptors: Graduation Requirements, High School Students, Secondary School Science, Credits