This chapter presents the Research Investigation Process (RIP), an "inquiry" and "critical thinking" model of science education at two high schools—the Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology (AAST) and Halau Lokahi Public Charter School (HLCS). Unique characteristics of the program that led to satisfying the NSES More Emphasis conditions are described, as well as a discussion of the results of its implementation in the science programs at these two widely disparate high schools in different geographic and demographic areas.