That S So High School

Discusses the proposed closing of a high school on the Marine Corps base at Quantico, Va.

“What difference does it make?”, the corner-stone quote of Hillary Clinton preparing for an election. That same statement can be applied today when coaches want instant gratification bypassing basic fundamentals of the sport they are coaching. Learning the fundamentals of any sport is a long process and doesn’t happen over-night. High school coaches that stay in high school, teach basic fundamentals helping everyone understand that there is no shortcut to success is what this book is about. Is there any sports fan who didn’t have a high school coach that make a difference in their life? This book covers all sports in the Texas Panhandle/Plains region governed by the UIL. There is a section for each sport showing the history of high school state championships between this area and other regions. What makes this book different is the legendary coaches are nominated by their peers and is about high school coaches only.

Paul Diederich worked in five new organizations dedicated to transforming American schools: the Ohio State University lab school, the Eight Year Study, a Harvard institute to revamp English language instruction, the University of Chicago's Board of Examiners, and the Educational Testing Service. Throughout his career he wrote critiques of American high schools and set forth many proposals to make them more flexible without sacrificing academic excellence. This anthology resurrects 14 Diederich essays, eight of them never before published. The scope ranges from visions of social justice to the details of the daily schedule. Like his heroes Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, he combined a passion for utopian speculation with a fascination for practical problems, a combination that is rare in the world of school reform today.

This research applies qualitative research approach with the design of multy-sites research and applies the technique of data. Assembly through deep interview, observation and document. To coincide with the research goal, the research focus is as follow: (a) The school plan in running open Junior High School during the nine years compulsory education programme. (b) The organizing of executing open Junior High School during the nine years compulsory education programme. (c) The development of the executor source in running of open Junior High School during the nine years compulsory education programme. (d) The management audit system of open Junior High School during the nine years compulsory education programme. Result of the research is as follows: First, the staff management plan should have done as the design management school. It is necessary to support the system of development and placement for the good and exact teachers and tutors. Second, The available organization basically has run well and has functioned yet as it is required, yet the ordering better system and working procedure are still needed so the coordination between the principal and the teacher/tutor internally and externally can be improved. The principal has to arrange the form/executing operational standard of each school to eliminate fragmentation. Third, The development of the available source needs better planning usage and improvement to support the execution more effective and efficient management. Fourth, Management audit system Improvement of the teacher/tutor competence and quality in every school. In his case, every principal has to improve the message quality that is addressed to the teacher/tutor through the comprehension of "what, why, when, where and how" about the management on the teacher/tutor competence improment so it will be more obvious.

This provocative new study of the American high school examines the historical debates about curriculum policy and also traces changes in the institution itself, as evidenced by what students actually studied. Contrary to conventional accounts, the authors argue that beginning in the 1930s, American high schools shifted from institutions primarily concerned with academic and vocational education to institutions mainly focused on custodial care of adolescents. Claiming that these changes reflected educators' racial, class, and gender biases, the authors offer original suggestions for policy adjustments that may lead to greater educational equality for our ever-growing and ever more diverse population of students.

High-impact strategies to improve student outcomes Based on first-hand experiences from one of the world’s fastest improving school systems, this comprehensive resource provides concrete, detailed, and research-based tools with particular attention to learning progressions. Scaffolded instruction and leadership strategies promote early and sound foundations in literacy and numeracy, build pathways to close achievement gaps, and emphasize character and citizenship development, among other strategies, to improve graduation rates. You’ll also find: A multi-pronged approach that includes state, district and school level action points Sample tools and templates for planning and self-assessment Lessons learned from schools that have successfully implemented strategies