Navigation Home Assessment Data Background Info Becoming a Site Coordinators Contact Us Newsletter Resources TA Reports En Español	Background Information *High Schools That Work* is the oldest, largest, and fastest growing effort of the Southern Regional Education Board’s seven school-improvement initiatives. *High Schools That Work* has grown from 28 pilot sites in 13 states to more than 1,200 *HSTW* sites in 32 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia. *HSTW* sites implement a framework around goals and key educational practices to raise student achievement. Oklahoma became a member of SREB-State Vocational Education Consortium with an initial group of state partners in 1987. This launched *High Schools That Work* with two pilot sites. Over the years, the work has taken on new sites and different dimensions as needs have arisen. The focus not only includes raising student achievement, but areas of middle grades education, transition from middle grades to high school, and raising standards in career/technical education. SREB works with states and institutions of higher education on special initiatives: Leadership initiative, Making Middle Grades Work, and Project Lead the Way. This Web site contains information on *High Schools That Work* and provides links to the Southern Regional Education Board. OKLAHOMA PARTICIPATES IN THE FOLLOWING SREB SCHOOL-IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES: High Schools That Work Technology Schools That Work Project Lead the Way Leadership Preparation Initiative From this site, you may obtain conference and workshop (Professional Development) details, publications (Publications and Materials), Oklahoma HSTW technical assistance information (Technical Assistance), and learn how to collect and use data on students’ academic achievement (Assessment and Using Data). To learn how to become a part of this nationally recognized initiative and join High Schools That Work go to (Becoming a HSTW Site). Our staff will be happy to answer questions. Simply click on the e-mail address in the contact us section. Having problems opening the document? You may need to install Adobe Acrobat Reader. Updated: 2008.3.4

Background Information

High Schools That Work is the oldest, largest, and fastest growing effort of the Southern Regional Education Board’s seven school-improvement initiatives. High Schools That Work has grown from 28 pilot sites in 13 states to more than 1,200 HSTW sites in 32 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia. HSTW sites implement a framework around goals and key educational practices to raise student achievement.

Oklahoma became a member of SREB-State Vocational Education Consortium with an initial group of state partners in 1987. This launched High Schools That Work with two pilot sites. Over the years, the work has taken on new sites and different dimensions as needs have arisen. The focus not only includes raising student achievement, but areas of middle grades education, transition from middle grades to high school, and raising standards in career/technical education. SREB works with states and institutions of higher education on special initiatives: Leadership initiative, Making Middle Grades Work, and Project Lead the Way.

This Web site contains information on High Schools That Work and provides links to the Southern Regional Education Board.

OKLAHOMA PARTICIPATES IN THE FOLLOWING SREB SCHOOL-IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES:

High Schools That Work
Technology Schools That Work
Project Lead the Way
Leadership Preparation Initiative

From this site, you may obtain conference and workshop (Professional Development) details, publications (Publications and Materials), Oklahoma HSTW technical assistance information (Technical Assistance), and learn how to collect and use data on students’ academic achievement (Assessment and Using Data).

To learn how to become a part of this nationally recognized initiative and join High Schools That Work go to (Becoming a HSTW Site). Our staff will be happy to answer questions. Simply click on the e-mail address in the contact us section.

Having problems opening the document? You may need to install Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Updated: 2008.3.4