The Honorable Roy Romer discusses the importance of education as a national issue at the American Diploma Project Network Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. at the Fairmont Hotel on June 4, 2007. He served as Chairman of ED in '08 and is...
Policymakers and educators around the nation are wrestling with an important challenge – how to raise expectations for high school achievement, while increasing relevance and engagement in learning to keep students in school. Career and technical...
Each year, on the anniversary of the 2005 National Education Summit on High Schools, Achieve releases an annual 50-state progress report on the alignment of high school policies with the demands of college and careers. Closing the Expectations Gap,...
The Building Blocks of Success: Higher Level Math for All Students explores the intellectual and practical benefits to all students of taking higher-level mathematics courses in high school, focusing on college access and success, workplace and...
Dr. Craig R. Barrett, Chairman of the Board, Intel Corporation and co-chair of Achieve's board, at Achieve's Annual ADP Network Leadership Team Meeting in Washington, D.C., on September 11, 2008.
Measures that Matter is a joint effort by Achieve and The Education Trust to provide strategic and technical assistance to states in creating college- and career-ready assessment and accountability systems that ensure that all students graduate from...
Measures that Matter was a joint effort by Achieve and The Education Trust to provide strategic and technical assistance to states in creating college- and career-ready assessment and accountability systems that ensure that all students graduate...
To help state leaders build strategies for sustaining their education agendas over the long run, Achieve launched "Taking Root: Strategies for Sustaining the College- and Career-Ready Agenda," generously funded by the GE Foundation. Through this...
Since 2004, Achieve has worked to align high school expectations with the demands of the real world to ensure all students graduate from high schools with the skills and knowledge needed to be successful in their next steps. Through the American...
Achieve developed this guide to suggest ways that postsecondary systems, institutions and others can support states as they develop plans for the federal Race to the Top (RTTT) competition that will drive significant reforms in K-12 education. It...