A new report from the Carnegie Corporation of New York calls for a focus on how schools can bring all students to the greater levels of achievement that the Common Core State Standards and the eventual Next Generation Science Standards will demand. The new standards will hold all students to a significantly higher bar for graduation, and schools must simultaneously lift average students and support and motivate students who are behind. Individual interventions such as adjusting curriculum, strengthening teacher preparation and professional development, or increasing quality learning time are important, but in isolation are unlikely to produce outcomes that help all students. The report calls for a comprehensive school redesign effort, and puts forward 10 design principles that can produce school models that help all students. A high-performing secondary school would: integrate youth development and engagement through caring, consistent student-adult relationships; prioritize mastery of standards aligned to college- and career-readiness; continuously improve operations using performance data and analytics to improve curriculum and instruction; develop and deploy collective strengths through teacher teaming and differentiated roles for adults; manage school operations with purposeful use of time, people, and technology; maintain an effective human capital strategy through consistent, high-quality systems for sourcing and selecting teachers and staff, and through individualized professional development; empower and support students through key transitions into and beyond high school; remain porous and connected via effective partnerships with organizations that enrich student learning and increase access to community resources; have a clear mission and a coherent culture; and personalize student learning through a variety of learning modalities. More

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