Subseries VIII.C. High School Reform Initiatives , 2002-2007 .

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Extent: 0.88 cubic feet (3 boxes).

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This subseries is housed in three boxes. In June 2005, Virginia received a National Governors Association (NGA) Honor States Grant to implement redesign initiatives to improve graduation rates and college readiness. The goals of the grant were: decreasing ninth and tenth grade retention in high school, increasing mathematics proficiency, decreasing the number of high school dropouts, increasing the number of high school graduates, increasing college readiness of high school graduates by reducing the number of developmental courses taken by recent graduates, increasing the number of students who immediately attend college, and increasing college graduation rates. This policy initiative continued in the Kaine administration.

Many of these records appear to belong to Sarah Finley, Deputy of Secretary of Education (2002-2005) and Kendall Tyree, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Education. Box 46, folders 5-7 contain Tyree's notes and meeting agendas for many of the Warner and Kaine administration's education initiatives.

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