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Title: Reimagining High School: Student Experiences Today, Hopes for Tomorrow
Language: English
Authors: Viki M. Young, Mai Chou Vang, Zareen Kasad, Isabelle Acosta, Alicia Frausto, Cassie Graves, Contributor, Digital Promise
Source: Digital Promise. 2026.
Availability: Digital Promise. 1001 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 935, Washington DC 20036. Tel: 202-450-3675; e-mail: contact@digitalpromise.org; Web site: https://digitalpromise.org/
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 44
Publication Date: 2026
Sponsoring Agency: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Document Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
Secondary Education
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Change, High School Students, High School Graduates, Student Attitudes, Experiential Learning, Learner Engagement, Relevance (Education), Student Evaluation, Tests, Performance Based Assessment, School Organization, School Schedules, Work Based Learning, School Culture, Educational Environment, Course Selection (Students)
Abstract: In 2025, Digital Promise conducted collaborative small focus groups, engaging approximately 70 high school students and recent high school graduates, from six districts in different regions across the country as well as from Digital Promise's League of Innovative Students. The sessions used semi-structured prompts to elicit students' learning experiences, relationships with peers and teachers, sense of belonging, connection to their lives outside of school, and hopes for the future. The sessions embedded both discussion and brainstorming techniques to generate ideas for how high school might change to meet students' needs, and students contributed both orally and with short written phrases. The report begins with a synthesis of the key themes students expressed, then move into more specific findings. The authors infuse students' suggestions and detail their recommendations for what can be changed to make high school a dynamic, future-oriented, supportive environment within a system that can meet all students' individual learning goals and needs. The brief ends with a discussion of policy and broader implications driven by the type of high school experiences students want.
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