Transition: High School to College

New CTE Study in Florida Finds Relationship between CTE Classes, Improved Performance

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Grunwald Associates LLC has released a new report with detailed performance data from Florida students who have been enrolled in Career and Technical Education (CTE) classes as part of Florida’s reinvention of vocational education. The report, Student Performance in Career and Technical Education, studies Florida high school student data from the 2007-08 and 2008-09 school years.

Exploring Innovative Schools and Policy Supports that Prepare College and Career Ready Students

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The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) recently brought several state policymakers on a trip to New York City to observe schools focusing on a set of ‘deeper learning’ competencies necessary for success in college and careers. These competencies include critical thinking, communication, collaboration, mastery of core content, and learning how to learn.

Increasing Access to College Preparatory Courses in Rural Communities through Dual Enrollment

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REL Appalachia at CNA Analysis & Solutions hosted a Webinar on September 24, 2012, entitled Increasing Access to College Preparatory Courses in Rural Communities through Dual Enrollment. The Webinar addressed the latest research pertaining to dual enrollment programs and highlighted how these programs are implemented at a district and state level.

College Access Programs: Reaching Students in Rural Areas

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Last week, the National College Access Network hosted its conference, “Changing the Odds: College Success for All,” in Las Vegas and included both in-person and virtual events. The virtual conference spanned all three days, with as many as six virtual events held in one day.

How Effective Are College Access Programs?

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The United States has slipped from being the world leader in 25-to-34 year-olds with post-secondary degrees in the 1980’s to ranking 12th today.[1]  There are a number of helpful avenues to prepare students for their journey into and through their postsecondary education, and college access programs are one option that provide services ranging from financial counseling to college visits and test preparation.

NCES Report Features Statistics on Youths’ Transition to Adulthood

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A recent National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) report, America's Youth: Transitions to Adulthood, provides an in-depth perspective on the lives of young adults ages 14 to 24 years old who are transitioning from childhood to adulthood. What makes the statistical comparisons included in the report particularly interesting is the fact that as the report’s introduction notes, the transition to adulthood in the U.S.

Creating Equitable College-Going Cultures in High Schools

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Last year, the National College Access Network (NCAN), Center for Urban Education (CUE) at the University of Southern California, Boston Public Schools, and ICF Macro collaborated on NCAN’s Student Success Toolkit Demonstration Project, piloting CUE’s Equity Scorecard™ in two Boston high schools.

Expanding Learning Opportunities to Prepare Students for College and Career

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On Monday, December 12th, the Alliance for Excellent Education held a Webinar, “Expanded Learning Opportunities: A More Comprehensive Approach to Preparing High School Students for College and a Career,” where panelists Milton Chen, Senior Fellow at Edutopia;  Maria Ferguson, Vice President of the Alliance for Excellent Education; Jeannie Oakes, Director of Educational Opportunity and Scholarship Programs at the Ford Foundation; Brad

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