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You often hear the Department of Education brag about our improved graduation rates in NYC. But what good does it do to graduate more students if only a handful of them are prepared for the future?
The old formula -- get a degree, get a good job, have a good life -- is breaking down. More people are attempting degree programs but many of them didn't receive adequate preparation in high school.
This San Jose high school goes out of its way to find students that were not successful in middle school. Through building relationships and hard work, each student leaves DCP college-bound.
Parents of high-achievers are getting the message: Stop the pressure. But what happens when your kid is the one refusing to let up?
By bringing new career and college planning programs at a fraction of the price of traditional independent advisers, Theba hopes others can avoid similar career-choosing struggles.
Race to Nowhere isn't about how the education system is failing low-income kids. It's about how as a society we have put so much pressure on our children.
The key to providing career readiness lies in integration. Career education and traditional academic subjects actually support each other.
On this National Day of Blogging for Real Education Reform, I hope we can agree to move forward on solutions and not get sidetracked by debates that will slow real progress.
The phrase "ready to learn," frequently applied to young children, is rather odd when you stop to think about it, because the implication is that some kids aren't.
Across the country, education reform advocacy organizations are proving that when strategic, focused, and unrelenting, they can change political will.
I think we sometimes forget one of the most important conversations we need to be having -- the one with our students.
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