Tomorrow's high schools likely to resemble today's colleges
Pat Kossan
The Arizona Republic
Jun. 1, 2006

American high schools are on the brink of changes that could make them nearly unrecognizable to students who just got their diplomas.

Gone may be the large campuses teeming with kids and the classmates of similar age on similar schedules that have them all graduating together.Campuses could be converted into small, specialized schools, and students could have individual learning plans built around their declared high school major.

If it sounds more like college, that appears to be the goal.

The national movement to reshape high school is being championed by educators and sought aggressively in some states, such as Florida. It is happening in small ways in Arizona but likely will pick up pace as the effort and ideas spread. the rest