Accountable for grade 13
High School’s Last Test is how well graduates do in college, write J.B. Schramm and E. Kinney Zalesne of College Summit in a New York Times op-ed. Race To The Top guidelines tell high schools to “show...
View Article‘Dual’ students flood Florida colleges
Dual enrollment – taking college classes in high school –is so popular in Florida that it’s breaking community college budgets.
View ArticleShould high schools pay for college remediation
High schools should pay if graduates need remedial classes in college, says Maine Gov. Paul LePage. Developmental education isn’t a cash cow — or a money pit — for community colleges, writes a dean.
View ArticleObama: Educate for high-tech economy
High schools should put “our kids on a path to a good job,” said President Obama in the State of the Union speech. Right now, countries like Germany focus on graduating their high school students with...
View ArticleU.S. News ranks best high schools
U.S. News has come out with its 2013 Best High Schools Rankings. Nearly all the top-ranked schools are specialty schools, magnets or charter schools. Arizona’s BASIS, an ultra-rigorous charter network,...
View ArticleBetter high schools for low achievers
“New York City’s lowest-achieving students are, on average, attending higher quality high schools than in years past, and graduating in higher numbers, concludes High School Choice in New York City, a...
View ArticleIndiana rethinks A-F school grades
Indiana lawmakers want education officials to rewrite the A-F grading system for schools to reflect both students’ passing rate and progress — without comparing students to each other, reports...
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America’s top high schools
The Preuss School, a charter affiliated with University of California at San Diego, topped the changemaker schools list. The Daily Beast has ranked America’s top public high schools by rigor,...
View ArticleSmall high schools help in NYC
New York City’s small high schools, once derided as a Gates-funded flop, increase students’ odds of graduating and going to college and cost less per graduate, concludes a new MRDC study that compared...
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$7 billion didn’t help worst schools
Pouring $7 billion into America’s worst schools has produced few “turnarounds,” reports Caitlin Emma in Politico. Nationwide, “about two thirds of (School Improvement Grant) SIG schools nationwide...
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Is AP for average kids? More schools say ‘yes’
Charter and magnet schools dominate the list of most challenging high schools, according to Jay Mathews’ 2016 index. BASIS Oro Valley, an Arizona charter school, ranks first on the Challenge Index with...
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