Evidence-Based Practices Supporting College and Career Readiness in High School: Early College High School
Explore Early College High Schools as an evidenced-based practice to support high school college and career readiness.
Student Engagement
Beyond College Readiness: College Awareness as a First Step
This policy brief states that a student’s first steps toward college attendance begins with the student’s awareness of college and career options. However, in order to make students aware of postsecondary opportunities, state boards must first enhance their college readiness standards with college awareness initiatives. To that end, this brief provides two examples of initiatives in Oregon and Idaho that have done just that.
The iNACOL Federal Policy Frameworks 2015
States are increasingly embracing the use of student-centered learning in classrooms. However, outdated federal K–12 education policies pose considerable barriers to the widespread adoption of this approach.
Innovation in Action: State Pathways for Advancing Student-Centered Learning
The Widening Gap of Higher Education Inequality
Submitted by George Knowles on
The gap in higher education between income groups is wide and it’s continuing to grow, according to a February report from Pell Institute and the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy (AHEAD) at the University of Pennsylvania.
Reducing Summer Melt: Helping 12th Graders Successfully Transition to College
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How many students have you or a colleague helped get into college with a good financial aid package only to discover later that they never enrolled? Unfortunately, every year, thousands of 12th graders finish high school excited about going to college, only to fall off track. This is especially common among those whose families have little to no experience navigating the final steps they must take to matriculate.
From AYPF: Postsecondary Support and Success for Homeless Youth
Submitted by Garet Fryar on
For many young people, their roadmap for success includes graduating from high school, advancing to college, and getting a job. For most homeless youth, however, the roadmap isn’t as clear.
From AYPF: Understanding the Homeless Youth Population
Submitted by Garet Fryar on
Health and security issues are many of the challenges that youth face in sustaining their education and jobs. Without a safe, stable place to call home, homeless children and youth often have interrupted and delayed schooling and are twice as likely to repeat a grade, have a learning disability, or to be suspended from school.
NCAN Conference Series: Supporting First-Generation College Students
Submitted by Clarisse Haxton on
This is the last in a series of four blog posts from the National College Access Network (NCAN) Conference in Phoenix, Arizona on September 15—17, 2014. These posts summarize findings from selected presentations at the NCAN Conference that provide concrete, actionable recommendations for practitioners on the following topics: increasing student awareness of “college match”; increasing STEM awareness and connecting with local businesses; structuring internships to prepare students for the workforce; and supporting first-generation college students.
The Student's Voice: Empowering Transformation -- an Alliance for Excellent Education Project
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