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The National High School Center’s early warning system (EWS) project was recently featured in a February 8^th Education Week article, “Data Tools Aim to Predict Student Performance.”

Last week the American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF), in partnership with the National Center for Postsecondary Research (NCPR), hosted a Capitol Hill briefing on dual enrollment, a strategy in which high school students take college courses. The event, Dual Enrollment: A Strategy for Improving College Readiness and Success for All Students, featured two reports about dual enrollment released by NCPR.

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The U.S. Department of Education recently released a professional development resource through Doing What Works (DWW) and the National High School Center.

Looking for new high school-related resources?  Here are some pieces that other organizations have recently released:*

On January 18, 2011, the Data Quality Campaign (DQC) hosted a national summit and invited panelists such as U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, 2011 Georgia Teacher of the Year Pam Williams, Executive Director of the Data Quality Campaign Aimee Guider, and others, to discuss why education data matters, how education data is currently being used, and what actionable steps need to be taken to strengthen data use across the United States.

A growing national focus on college and career readiness (CCR) has emerged over the past decade.

On Thursday, January 12, 2012, the National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At Risk (NDTAC) hosted a Webinar highlighting two school- and community- centered truancy prevention programs that target youth who are at risk of dropping out of school, and recovering those who have already dropped out.

On Tuesday, January 10^th, 2012, Solutions to the Dropout Crisis, the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network’s monthly radio Webcast series, hosted “School Climate: Why Is It Important?” Terry Pickeral, president of Cascade Educational Consultants, presented and explained research and practices addressing school climate. In literature and in practice, “school climate” is referenced by many names.

The Alliance for Excellent Education recently released an issue brief, “The Digital Learning Imperative: How Technology and Teaching Meet Today’s Education Challenges.” The brief highlights several major issues in education and argues that they can be addressed with innovative, technology-based solutions.