Priscilla Pardini

Ten years ago, Atlanta’s Henry W. Grady High School evoked dual, conflicting images. “If you were a student in the communications magnet program, you got a pretty good high school education,” recalled Gene Bottoms, executive director of High Schools That Work (HSTW). “But if you were one of the other […]

Ten years ago, the superintendents of 19 high-performing suburban Chicago school districts, determined not to rest on their laurels, banded together to form a consortium dedicated to pursuing a world-class education for their students. Today, although the consortium no longer exists, a number of those superintendents say they’re still using […]