MDRC’s research on Career Academies, First Things First, Project GRAD, and Talent Development suggests that the twin pillars of high school reform are structural changes to improve personalization and instructional improvement.
Publications
Issue Focus
January, 2007
Methodology
July, 2004
Relying on 427 classroom observations conducted over a three-year period, this study traces changes in teachers’ instructional practices in the First Things First schools.
Report
March, 2004
Career Academies produced substantial and sustained improvements in earnings of young men after high school, without limiting opportunities to attend college.