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2008 College-bound seniors

A closer look at the principal-counselor relationship: A survey of principals and counselors

Early-college high school: Modest experiment or national movement?

Evaluation of evidence-based practices in online learning: A meta-analysis and review of online learning studies

Finding a way: Practical examples of how a principal-counselor relationship can lead to success for all students

How colleges organize themselves to increase student persistence: Four-year institutions (College Board study on student retention)

Meaningful measurement: The role of assessments in improving high school education in the twenty-first century

Moving beyond AYP: High school performance indicators

Putting middle grades students on the graduation path: A policy and practice brief

Ready to assemble: Grading state higher education accountability systems

Teens and social media

The Everyone Graduates Center

US Department of Veterans Affairs: Yellow Ribbon Program

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A developmental perspective for high school practitioners on college and workplace readiness

A developmental perspective on workplace readiness: Preparing high school students for success

Adolescents and electronic media: Growing up plugged in

Assessing school engagement: A guide for out-of-school time program practitioners

Can the American high school become an avenue of advancement for all?

Career activities and vocational lesson plans

Career decision pyramid: Worksheet for investigating a career

Characteristics of private student loan borrowers who do not use federal education loans

Child trends: Education

College-going cultures in urban high schools

Connected by 25: Financing housing supports for youth transitioning out of high school

Connected by 25: Financing policies and practices that support permanency for youth transitioning out of foster care

Corrections community: Offender employment

Cost of quality: Out-of-school time cost calculator

Counseling and guidance lesson plans

Creating a college-going culture: A resource guide

Developing a college-going culture: What the research says and how to apply it

Falling off track during the transition to high school: What we know and what can be done

FinAid: Income-based repayment

Finishing high school: Alternative pathways and dropout recovery

High School Reform Strategy Toolkit

How do American students measure up? Making sense of international comparisons

Impact of college rankings on institutional decision making: Four country case studies

Improving low performing high schools: Searching for evidence of promise

Indiana's vision of Response to Intervention

Late high school dropouts: Characteristics, experiences, and changes across cohorts

LdPride.net: What's your learning style?

Meeting the invention challenge

Moving beyond access: College success for low-income, first generation students

National Directory of One Stop Centers

National opportunity to learn campaign: Lost opportunity: A 50 state report on the oppotunity to learn in America

National opportunity to learn campaign: State data and analysis

On the front lines of schools: Perspectives of teachers and principals on the high school dropout problem

Perspectives on the key K-12 legislation of 2009

Quick facts about financial aid and community colleges, 2007-08

Removing roadblocks to rigor: Linking academic and social supports to ensure college readiness and success

Setting up success in developmental education: How state policy can help community colleges improve student success outcomes

SREB Factbook on higher education

Summer Search

The cost of quality out-of-school time programs

The implementation checklist for college awareness: A product of the High School Reform Strategy Toolkit

The rapid growth and changing complexion of suburban public schools

The school environment and adolescent well-being: Beyond academics

The state of learning disabilities 2009

Using a SWOT analysis in your career planning

What are my learning strengths?

Workplace values assessment: Do you know the work values you most want in a job and an employer -- and does your current employer reflect these values? A Quintessential careers quiz