White House High School Summit Highlights Work of States, Districts

Education Week: The White House convened its second annual summit on "next generation" high schools Monday not by announcing millions in new funding, as it did last year, but by highlighting the progress states and districts have made in transforming secondary schools.

Testimony to high schools' power to change lives came from a 16-year-old student who experienced it: Joshua Robinson. He told the story of a difficult life, with periods of homelessness and parental abuse, and multiple school expulsions for fighting. Now in a supportive foster home in Virginia, Joshua said he's rediscovered school and is excited about it.

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