Throughout the Secondary Education Blueprint process, the Ed Fund and the School district invited a series of national experts to share perspective, insight and guidance for this work. These experts come from a variety of organizations and also participated in the Steering Committee, the Task Force, and small group meetings. The following individuals have been greatly important in advancing the work of the Secondary Education Blueprint.
- Warren Simmons
- Nancy Aronson
- Thomas Smith
- Constancia Warren
- Deana Burney
- Naomi Housman
- William Kennedy
- Willard Dagget
National Research
In addition to engaging national experts on secondary education and reform issues, national and local research has been an important part of the Secondary Education Blueprint process. The following is a sampling of the research that has been reviewed.
- Graduation and promotion policies for the District
- Governor’s Commission on College and Career Success Final Report (December, 2006)
- Project 720 Overview, 2005-06
- Results that Matter, Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2006
- Breaking Ranks: Strategies for Leading High School Reform, NASSP, 2004
- High School Reform and Work: Facing Labor Market Realities, ETS, 2006
- Toward a More Comprehensive Conception of College Readiness, Educational Policy Improvement Center of the Gates Foundation, 2007
- College Readiness: Crisis at the Core, ACT, 2006
- Tapping America’s Potential: The Education for Innovative Initiative, 2005
- An Action Agenda for Improving America’s Schools, National Education Summit on High Schools, 2005
- Graduation Counts: Redesigning the American High School, National Governors Association, 2005
- HS/MS Plans, Office of Curriculum and Instruction, School District of Philadelphia, 2006-07
- The Building Blocks of High School Redesign, Tom Ewing, ASCD Info Brief, Spring 2007