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Direct linkCole Malsky – ProQuest LLC, 2021
In recent years, the College Board and the Advanced Placement program have pushed for further equity and access for all students (College Board, 2020a). College Board is taking strides to offer students open enrollment to Advanced Placement; however, many underrepresented and low-income students are still unable to access these courses. The…
Descriptors: Private Schools, High School Students, High School Teachers, Advanced Placement Programs
Download full textClemens, Elysia V.; Sheesley, Alison P. – Online Submission, 2019
Fostering Opportunities is an innovative student engagement program for middle school and high school students who have experienced foster care. The goal of the program is to help youth who have experienced foster care be successful in school and ultimately earn a high school credential. Fostering Opportunities was developed because of the clear…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, Foster Care, Graduation Rate
Peer reviewedWare, Mallory; Sampson, Christie; Lann, Delaney; Linard, Erica; Chance, Lauren Garcia – American Biology Teacher, 2019
Hands-on learning is a highly effective teaching method for topics in STEM disciplines. Unfortunately, environmental science teachers sometimes lack the tools to engage their students in hands-on experimentation in real-world research outside of the classroom. Partnerships between science professionals and teachers can help address this disparity,…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
Colakoglu, Mustafa Hilmi – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2016
The idea of establishing Science High Schools in Turkey was discussed in a multilateral project at the beginning of 1963. The Ministry of National Education (MoNE), Ford Foundation, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara University, and International Development Agency (AID) participated in this project to establish these schools. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Science Education, High Schools
Zinth, Jennifer – Education Commission of the States, 2016
Advanced Placement (AP), launched in 1955 by the College Board as a program to offer gifted high school students the opportunity to complete entry-level college coursework, has since expanded to encourage a broader array of students to tackle challenging content. This Education Commission of the State's Policy Analysis identifies key components of…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, High School Students
Angell, Katelyn; Tewell, Eamon – Public Services Quarterly, 2013
This article describes a nearly decade-long partnership between three institutions representing school, public, and academic settings in Westchester County, New York. The program, designed to improve the academic performance of local high school students, is unique due to the extensive contact students have with academic librarians during the…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, College Readiness, High School Students, Urban Schools
Jarva, Carly Kristin – ProQuest LLC, 2013
"I think what I learned in the IB [International Baccalaureate] program...well, in a way I felt like--have you read Great Expectations? When Pip gets the stipend from the mysterious person and he's walking out and the clouds are lifting up and he can see all the possibilities--that's how I felt with the IB program." -Student reflection…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, State Standards
Roderick, Melissa; Nagaoka, Jenny; Coca, Vanessa; Moeller, Eliza – Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2009
This report examines the path to college for students in academically advanced programs-- graduates of Chicago's seven Selective Enrollment schools, those who completed International Baccalaureate programs, and graduates who had taken a sequence of at least six honors and two Advanced Placement classes. This report expands on the findings of…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, First Generation College Students, High Schools, Advanced Students
Ohrt, Jonathan H.; Lambie, Glenn W.; Ieva, Kara P. – Professional School Counseling, 2009
Traditionally, Latino and African-American students have been underrepresented in Advanced Placement courses. However, professional school counselors work to remove barriers to "all" students' success. This article (a) identifies challenges that Latino and African-American students encounter in accessing Advanced Placement courses, (b) reviews the…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Advanced Placement, School Counseling, School Counselors
Beem, Kate – School Administrator, 2010
As Internet technology encroached on the public school classroom about a decade ago, Kim Ross, superintendent of the Houston School District in Houston, Minnesota, saw an opportunity. At first, he and his administrative team simply wanted to offer students in the district of 1,300 access to more classes via the web than what a district that size…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Public Schools, Online Courses, School Districts
Callahan, Carolyn M. – National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, 2003
The Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) Programs have become increasingly prominent service options for gifted and talented secondary students, and are often the primary option in many school systems. This review presents the general historical background, overriding philosophies, procedures, perceived advantages and…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Secondary School Students, Academically Gifted, Talent
Felder, Jonathan E.; Finney, Joni E.; Kirst, Michael W. – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2007
"Informed math self-placement," a program implemented at American River College in Sacramento, California, to determine students' readiness for college-level math, has been in place for three years. This case study describes the development and implementation of math self-placement at American River. Math self-placement consists of a…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Algebra, Community Colleges, Case Studies
Hunt, DeWitt – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1957
It is believed that superintendents and principals, school board members, teachers, and employers and other lay citizens--in fact, all those persons who help to decide on public-school curriculum have need for a bulletin in which information is made available concerning work experience education programs. They should be informed about selected…
Descriptors: Educational History, High School Students, Junior High School Students, Student Employment
