RFA: Challenges to Freshman Year Interventions in Philadelphia

Challenges to Freshman Year Interventions in Philadelphia is a policy brief from Research for Action which continues our work on the transition to high school in Philadelphia. The brief considers the types of interventions to support ninth-graders used by Philadelphia schools, and
focuses on the challenges to implementation of these interventions – challenges which are most severe in the large neighborhood high schools that enroll a disproportionate share of at-risk students.
 
The brief considers several categories of interventions that have been implemented in Philadelphia schools in recent years, and describes the struggles that the district and individual schools have had in implementing these interventions effectively and consistently. The report concludes with a series of practical, concrete recommendations to the School District of Philadelphia on how it can build and sustain a strategic focus on Freshman Year Interventions that commits to providing the resources, incentives, and professional development needed to consistently support effective practices – particularly in neighborhood high schools.
 
This is the second in a series of policy briefs based on RFA's major report, Transition to High School: School "Choice" and Freshman Year in Philadelphia, released in March 2010. VIEW ALL

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