It’s Time for Change

A funny thing happened over the last 100 years—our nation has changed. Our economy has changed. Our culture has changed. Technology has changed. Unfortunately, the high schools that prepare our young people to take on this new world have remained pretty much the same for the past 100 years. Today businesses require a different kind of graduate, one prepared for success from day one in a more global and technologically based marketplace.

High Value High Schools is an initiative developed from the work of the Louisiana High School Redesign Commission. The program will transform the high school experience to better prepare our young men and women to be successful in the next step of their lives. By making this investment in Louisiana’s young people, we’re also making an investment in the future of our state, in the form of a quality workforce that will allow us to compete in the increasingly competitive global economy.

This website outlines the goals of High Value High Schools and how we’re going to achieve them as well as what the program means for you as a student, teacher, parent or member of the business community.