A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

Dear Fellow Educators:

New provisions in Title I, the federal government's largest elementary and secondary school program, encourage greater use of funds in high-poverty secondary schools. This idea book suggests way Title I can be used effectively at the high school level to achieve better results for disadvantaged students.

Raising the Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students: An Idea Book, one in a series the Department will issue, presents a mix of research-based ideas and promising approaches to assist secondary school educators in addressing the challenges facing them and in taking advantage of current opportunities. It profiles schools that are achieving better results with high school students, describing the strategies and supports they are using. It is intended to serve as a resource for practitioners, policymakers and parents to use teh new opportunities of improved federal education programs in conjunction with local and state reforms.

We encourage you to draw on the guidance in this idea book and the successes of the profiled schools to improve your schools, to help all children learn more, and to work hard toward higher standards.

Yours sincerely,

Richard W. Riley

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