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Jazmine Miller: Mayor 13 Percent Failed Me

2012-01-23T17:00:43Z

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?

Read more: Public Schools, New York Public Schools, New York Department of Education, College Preparedness, Nyc Public Schools, Education Reform, Mayor Bloomberg, Herbert Lehman High School, New York News

States Move Away From Exit Exams, Shift Toward College-Readiness

2011-12-09T13:51:05Z

Fewer states are requiring students to pass high school exit exams to graduate, but more states are increasing standardized testing in college- and ca...

Read more: Common Core State Standards, Exit Exams, Video, College Preparedness, Common Core, High School Graduation, Graduation Rates, College Readiness, End of Grade Exams, Standardized Testing, High School Diploma, National Education Standards, End of Course Exams, Graduation Exams, High School Exit Exams, Education News

Just One-Quarter Of New York City High Schoolers Are College-Ready

2011-10-25T13:49:43Z

Just a quarter of students graduating from New York City high schools this year were prepared for college coursework, and fewer than half of all New Y...

Read more: New York City Schools, New York Standardized Tests, College Preparedness, New York Students, School Report Cards, Video, High School Progress Reports, College Readiness, Standardized Testing, High School Report Cards, High School College Preparedness, New York Schools, State Mandated Testing, New York Education, New York City High Schools, Education News

Tom Vander Ark: Tertiary Education in the U.S. Is Broken

2011-10-22T13:53:23Z

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.

Read more: Higher Education, American Education, College Preparation, College Preparedness, Education Reform, Tertiary Education, Education News

New Ways Reformers Are Tackling College Readiness

2011-08-15T13:25:57Z

-- Trey Rasmussen excelled at hockey at his Martha's Vineyard high school. Academics, not so much.

"I was planning on graduating and just jumping ri...

Read more: South Texas College, College Preparedness, High School Remediation, College, School Remediation, College Readiness, Salve Regina University, Alliance for Excellent Education, High School, American Institute for Research, Montessori School, Remediation, Martha's Vineyard High School, Bridgton Maine, Education News

Wight Foundation Founder Seeks To Expand NJ Boarding School Program

2011-06-16T13:02:08Z

For years, he's been quietly sending hundreds of students from Newark and surrounding towns to prestigious boarding high schools.

They are teens like...

Read more: Russell Wight, The Wight Foundation, Boarding School, New Jersey, Russell B. Wight, Newark, College Preparedness, Education News

Remedial College Courses On Rise For Unprepared High School Grads

2011-06-08T14:05:25Z

Richard Mohammed always thought of himself as a pretty good student.

He graduated from Olney High School in 2005 with a B-plus average and optimistic...

Read more: College Admissions, College Prep, College Preparedness, High School Graduation, High School Grads, High School Students, Education News

Tom Vander Ark: Downtown College Prep Changes Lives

2011-06-02T17:33:54Z

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.

Read more: College Preparedness, Education Reform, Charter Schools, Small Schools, Education News

Tom Matlack: How Important Are Your Child's SAT Scores?

2011-03-28T15:33:00Z

Parents of high-achievers are getting the message: Stop the pressure. But what happens when your kid is the one refusing to let up?

Read more: High School, College, College Admissions, Sat Scores, College Preparation, College Preparedness, Parenting Tips, Standardized Tests, Standardized Testing, Parenting, Sat, Parenting Advice, Sats, Healthy Living News

Jennifer Openshaw: Glee's Iqbal Theba Shines Light on Need for Career Counseling, Skill Building

2011-03-14T16:47:58Z

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.

Read more: College Preparedness, College, Iqbal Theba, Winning the Future, Glee, Career Counseling, Superfutures, Education News

Alan Gottlieb: Fight the Pressure

2010-12-10T12:32:16Z

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.

Read more: Education Reform, Race to Nowhere, College Preparedness, Student Pressure, Education News

JD Hoye: Ready for Career Readiness in the Common Core

2010-11-22T18:13:19Z

The key to providing career readiness lies in integration. Career education and traditional academic subjects actually support each other.

Read more: Integration, Education, Education Reform, College Readiness, College Preparedness, Education News

Sec. Arne Duncan: Making Real Progress on School Reform

2010-11-22T14:34:21Z

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.

Read more: Courage in the Classroom Bus Tour, National Day of Blogging for Real Education Reform, College Preparedness, Education Reform, Blueprint for Reform of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Education News

Alfie Kohn: 'Ready to Learn' Equals Easier to Educate

2010-11-18T16:41:12Z

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.

Read more: Ready to Learn, College Admissions, College Preparedness, High School Education, Teaching Methods, Education News

Suzanne Tacheny Kubach: Improving the State of Public Education

2010-10-22T01:57:57Z

Across the country, education reform advocacy organizations are proving that when strategic, focused, and unrelenting, they can change political will.

Read more: College Preparedness, Education, Education Reform, Education Debates, PIE Network?S Fourth Annual Policy Summit, PIE Network, Race to the Top, Education News

Karl Fisch: A Conversation with my Students

2010-10-20T14:47:31Z

I think we sometimes forget one of the most important conversations we need to be having -- the one with our students.

Read more: Success, Passion, Purpose of Education, Student Voice, College Preparedness, Teaching Methods, Education News

ACT Scores Dip, But More Students College-Ready

2010-08-18T08:05:51Z

Average scores on the ACT college entrance exam inched downward this year, yet slightly more students who took the test proved to be prepared for coll...

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States To Establish Uniform Standards For Teaching

2010-06-03T07:06:01Z

SUWANEE, Ga. — By third grade, students should know how to write a complex sentence and add fractions, no matter if they live in Georgia or Cali...

Read more: Common Core State Standards, College Preparedness, Uniform Teaching Standards, New Teaching Standards, College News