ELECTED OFFICIALS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Local
- Visit high schools and talk with administrators, teachers, parents, and students about how high schools should be improved.
- Hold hearings highlighting effective high school reform efforts.
- Convene local business, education, and community leaders to discuss best practices and how to implement educational reforms.
- Develop and pass model legislation to strengthen high school education.
State
- Hold hearings on effective high school reform efforts.
- Convene state business, education, and community leaders to highlight best practices and discuss educational reforms.
- Develop and pass model legislation to strengthen high school education.
- 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
- Hold hearings on effective high school reform efforts.
- Convene national business, education, and community leaders to highlight best practices and discuss how to implement educational reforms.
- Develop and pass model legislation to strengthen high school education.
- Visit the Alliance for Excellent Education to sign up for updates about national high school reform initiatives and Congressional action alerts.
