The High Schools & Careers: High Schools & Careers: The New Value Proposition summit aimed to strengthen ideas for reforming our education system and strengthening career development programs. Summit participants devoted a full day to debate, listening, thinking and idea sharing. They heard from and interacted with a series of expert speakers, reviewed promising education reform examples from around the country, and formed several work groups to develop specific reform recommendations. This summit report provides a brief synopsis of the day and an analysis of recommendations put forward by summit participants. Significant attention was focused on strengthening auxiliary, primarily community-based, systems that are essential parts of meeting today?s students? education and career development needs.