Local

• Convene an ongoing business roundtable examining the performance of high schools in your city or town.
• Establish partnerships with local high schools that provide internship opportunities, training resources, and other supports for schools, educators and students.
• Sponsor an education leadership summit that brings together educators, administrators, parents and community leaders to discuss and develop an action plan for high school reform.
• Host a meeting of local school district superintendents to find out whether the district has plans to implement high school reforms.
• Work with local officials and school district superintendents to coordinate high school curricula and activities with desired workforce skills.

State

• Convene an ongoing business roundtable examining the performance of high schools in your state.
• Host a meeting between business leaders, the chief state school officer and the governor to discuss how to achieve high school reform.
• Connect to or create a business/education partnership to advance school improvement
• Work with state officials to develop a plan of action to increase graduation rates and improve the skills of the state’s workforce.
• Educate state elected officials about the relationship between quality high schools and workforce preparedness and the need for high school reforms.
• Connect with an existing or ask the governor to establish a “P-20” Council that coordinates state education from pre-kindergarten through graduate education.

National

• Educate your Congressional representatives about the relationship between quality high schools and workforce preparedness and the need for 21st century secondary school reforms.
• Ask your Congressional representatives to increase federal funding support for high schools.
• Visit the Alliance for Excellent Education to sign up for updates about national high school reform initiatives and Congressional action alerts.