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Governors Seek Input from 10,000 High School Students – NGA Launches Online ”Rate Your Future” Survey in Ongoing Effort to Redesign America’s High Schools

By the end of this school year, the National Governors Association (NGA) hopes to survey more than 10,000 high school students on their expectations and frustrations about America’s high schools and how the work they do affects their futures.

Part of NGA Chairman Virginia Gov. Mark Warner’s yearlong "Redesigning the American High School" http://www.nga.org/ngatemplate/1,2441,7895,00.html initiative, the survey is an opportunity to bring the student voice into the education reform debate. Students stand to benefit the most from this reform movement and NGA strongly believes their input should frame the discussion so every high school student can graduate prepared for college or a high-skilled job.

Launched in February, the survey, which is available at http://www.rateyourfuture.org/ , will help governors gain valuable insight into today’s high school experience. Governors want to hear if students think high school is relevant to their own futures. This survey is about getting all students — the overachievers, underachievers and everyone in between — involved in this dialogue.

"The voice of the students has been missing in this conversation about high school reform that has been going on among the experts and policymakers," Gov. Warner said. "The Class of 2005 may have the best ideas we need. If the students we are trying to help don’t see the value of redesigning high school, we are wasting our time."

Full Story and Survey: http://www.nga.org/nga/newsRoom/1,1169,C_PRESS_RELEASE%5ED_8251,00.html

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