Celebrating rural schools and fostering partnerships that strengthen educational leadership and
encourage innovative approaches to education and accountability.
Not exact matches
Their proponents champion them as incubators of
innovative approaches to education and teaching, for having high academic standards that
encourage students
to reach their full potential, and as an important source of educational choice for Black, Latino, and Hispanic families, whose children are disproportionately served by charters.
While many colleges and universities say that graduates of redesigned high schools will not be disadvantaged in the admissions process, 66 family concerns about college admissions might inhibit enrollment in new high schools that use competency - based
approaches.67 At least one state, Utah, has passed legislative language with the intent
to bar public institutions of higher
education from treating graduates of competency - based high schools unfairly during the admissions process.68 As new issues and challenges emerge, states will need
to remain vigilant and creative about how
to best
encourage and enable
innovative high school designs.
School districts nationwide are being
encouraged to reexamine their parent involvement policies and programs and
to demonstrate
innovative approaches in order
to obtain Federal
education dollars.