Recommended Strategies

• Engage all students in a rigorous, standards-based core academic curriculum
• Emphasize project-based learning and other engaging, inquiry-based teaching methods that provide opportunities for students to master academic content, learn workforce skills, and develop personal strengths
• Eliminate non-academically rigorous courses and tracks
• Differentiate instruction and provide supports that meet the varied learning needs of multiple student populations
• Connect curriculum to real-world contexts that build upon student and community resources
• Provide individualized guidance, information, and resources on career pathways and opportunities for participating in workplace-based learning
• Structure schedules for extended/flexible instructional time blocks
• Use multiple measures to assess student outcomes, including performance-based assessments