» American Youth Policy Forum

Whatever it Takes: How Twelve Communities are Reconnecting Out–of–School Youth
This report uses twelve case studies to demonstrate various methods of dropout recovery and identifies best practices.

» Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Rethinking High School: Five Profiles of Innovative Models for Student Success
This report looks at five schools from across the country that have adopted a small school approach to learning, concluding that there are at least six identifiable benefits to implementing this model.

» Career Academy Support Network

Career Academies: Building Blocks for Reconstructing American High Schools
This study examines the effectiveness of career academies, focusing on several programs throughout the country. The study concludes that career academies are effective in improving the performance of high school students.

» Education Alliance at Brown

Perspectives on Policy and Practice: Student-Centered High Schools
This guide poses and answers questions about methods on how to help schools become more focused on students ad individuals and create personalized learning environments.

» The Education Trust

The Power to Change: High Schools that Help All Students Achieve
This report profiles three rapidly improving high schools that serve classically high-risk students and outlines the factors and practices that make these schools successful.

» Jobs for the Future

Integrating Grades 9 Through 14: State Policies to Support and Sustain Early College High Schools
This brief recommends state policies to support early college high schools, drawing on lessons learned from JFF's Early College High School Initiative.

» KnowledgeWorks Foundation

Dollars and Sense: Lessons from Good, Cost-Effective Small Schools
This report shows that small schools graduate a higher percentage of students, have lower rates of violence and disciplinary problems, and send more student on to postsecondary education than larger schooos.

» National Association of Secondary School Principals

NASSP's Legislative Recommendations for High School Reform
This document includes a series of policy recommendations based on NASSP's publication, Breaking Ranks II: Strategies for Leading High School Reform.

Advancing High School Reform in the States: Policies and Programs
This report identifies the policies states have enacted that align with and support NASSP’s federal legislative recommendations for reforming the nation’s high schools which reflect the reform strategies outlined in NASSP’s high school reform framework, Breaking Ranks II.

» Pathways to College Network

A Shared Agenda: A Leadership Challenge to Improve College Access and Success
This report offers broad policy recommendations and specific actions that leaders in government, education, and communities can take to improve college access and success for underserved students.

» Rural Schools and Community Trust

Resources and case-studies identifying "good rural high schools"
This compendium of articles and other publications highlight what makes a successful rural high school.