Diploma Matters : A Field Guide for College and Career Readiness Paperback / softback

DIPLOMA MATTERS In our current education system too many high school students wind up with too few choices.

Students are locked into what is decided for them by a broken system.

Too often, they are handed a diploma that holds an empty promise.

This practical field book is filled with effective tools from The Education Trust-West.

Diploma Matters helps school leaders and teachers examine the current high school experience and develop a detailed action plan that will transform curriculum and ensure that all students are ready for college and the workplace. "This is a book for practitioners who have seen it all.

Linda Murray captures in a straight-forward way the nuts and bolts of how to do the work of reform.

Linda, who was an extraordinary superintendent, proves to be a captivating storyteller."-PETER J.

NEGRONI, senior vice president, College Board "This is a story worth reading, including the specific implications for schools and districts nationwide."-MICHAEL W.

KIRST, emeritus professor of Education and Business Administration, Stanford University; president, California State Board of Education; author, Political Dynamics Of American Education "This book is a definitive 'how to' for effective, meaningful, and lasting school reform." -KATHY BURKHARD, former president, San Jose Teachers' Association