The High Tech High case is one of seven that form the basis for the arguments and analyses presented in Preparing Teachers for Deeper Learning. Each case outlines the context, vision, and practices guiding a particular program’s enactment, and includes sample curricula, assessment and feedback forms, and the program details that have contributed to its success. The cases are valuable reading for educators involved in developing teacher candidates who are self-directed, collaborative, social justice–focused, and prepared to meet the needs of today’s students and a changing society.

This Kit contains proposal contains forms, background material, and instructions for preparing ATP pre-proposal and full proposals. This Kit modifies in its entirety the ATP Proposal Preparation Kit dated December 1997 and is effective for proposals submitted during or after November 1998. The ATP is a rigorously competitive cost-sharing program designed for the Federal government to work in partnership with industry to foster the development and broad dissemination of challenging, high-risk technologies that offer the potential for significant, broad-based economic benefits for the nation.

Sixth graders read a high-interest nonfiction article, strengthen comprehension skills by responding to follow-up questions, study a primary source document, and demonstrate critical-thinking skills through document-based questions.