Tomorrow's High School: Creating Student Pathways for Both College and Career

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How do some high schools produce graduates that consistently achieve at high levels? Would you believe there's a set of proven strategies that could help you deliver similar impressive results and better prepare students for the world after high school?

Praise for Tomorrow's High School

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Tomorrow's High School

Setting Bold Goals

Building District Buy-In to Give All Students a Career Focus

Sharing Leadership to Achieve Continuous Improvement

About the authors

Gene Bottoms is the former director of the High Schools That Work initiative at the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). Prior to his 30-year tenure at SREB, Bottoms served as executive director of the American Vocational Association (now the Association for Career and Technical Education) and as the director of education improvement for the Georgia Department of Education. Bottoms was instrumental in drafting the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act and shepherding it to passage. In 1995, he was awarded the Harold McGraw Jr. Prize in Education.

Bottoms started his career as an 8th grade teacher in Cherokee, Georgia. He holds doctorate and master's degrees in guidance and counseling from the University of Georgia.