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The
NJ Department of Education has launched a Secondary Education Initiative
(SEI), an ambitious program of middle and high school reform to
improve student achievement and graduation rates in Abbott districts.
The
SEI grew out of the Abbott X decision which ordered the formation
of a workgroup of teachers, parents and educators to design a program
of secondary reform. The SEI is based upon recommendations from
that workgroup and is now part of the Abbott
secondary regulations.
The
initiative requires that by Fall, 2008, all Abbott students in grades
6-12 have:
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Personalized, small learning environments
- A
family advocate system
- Improved
instruction for college and careers
The
secondary initiative has the potential to address the urgent need
for reform in our urban middle and high schools. But to make it
a reality will take informed and active participation by educators,
communities and families. To support this effort, Education Law
Center has initiated a Secondary Reform Project led by Stan Karp,
a veteran Paterson high school teacher and a member of the NJ DOE's
Secondary Advisory Group (For more information
contact skarp@edlawcenter.org
or 973-624-1815, Ext. 42)
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