2004-05 NGA Chair Gov. Mark Warner's Initiative

"It is time for a new approach to high school—one that both challenges our students more and gives them new opportunities to engage in meaningful, lifelong learning."

Virginia Governor
Mark Warner
NGA Chair, 2004-2005

Chair's Initiative Homepage

Through Gov. Warner's initiative, Redesigning the American High School, NGA is addressing the urgent need to improve high schools. In addition to the 2005 National Education Summit on High Schools, Gov. Warner and NGA released a five-point state action agenda for high school redesign and a list of 10 Steps for getting started on this agenda. Governors now have a compilation of promising state and local practices to implement these 10 recommendations. Town hall meetings across the country and recommendations for common state data collection of high school graduation and dropout rates complete the initiative's major activities. The Redesigning the American High School initiative is generously supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.