KNOWLEDGE BASE
for the Community Action Plan

Section 1:  Action Plan Measures
- Evidence of Success for Action Tasks
- Calculation of the Number of Additional Graduates to Reach Goal

Section 2:  Benchmark Sites
- Benchmark Sites, by Strategy Action
- Contact Information for each Benchmark Site
- Overview of Site Visits Conducted and Conferences Attended

Section 3:  Voices
-  Greenville Community Voices:  Students, parents, teachers, school staff
   and administrators, business leaders, other community members
-  Student Voices from Houston:  25 Ways to Help Students Graduate

Section 4: Strategies
- Focus Areas
- High-Yield Strategies
- Overview of the State Education and Economic Development Act (EEDA

Section 5: Research, Part 1
- Selected Data by High School for Greenville County Schools (GCS)
- Extended Learning Opportunities by High School for GCS
- High Yield Strategies:  Research and Results
- Data Sources for Statistics in "Greenville County cares about our youth
  because..." and "Why should I stay in high school"

Section 5: Research, Part 2
- Principles of Effective High School Reform
- Five High School Reform Initiatives to Watch
- Strategies in the Talent Development High School Model
- High-Achieving High School Recommendations from Kentucky
- Review of Research from the Anne E. Casey Foundation
- Summaries of Various Education Week Articles

Section 6:  Important State and National Studies
- Report of the SC High School Redesign Commission
  (Note "Recommendations," pp. 25 - 36)
- Whatever it Takes:  How Twelve Communities are Reconnecting Out-of-
   School Youth  (Note "Introduction," pp. 1 - 4; and "Recommendations," pp. 163 - 165)
- The Silent Epidemic:  Perspectives of High School Dropouts
   (Note "Executive Summary," pp. iii - vi)

Section 7:  References
- Recommended Reading
- Recommended Websites
- Glossary of Terms