Educational Policy Improvement Center (EPIC) researchers visited 38 public high schools around the United States in 2007 and 2008 with the goal of validating and operationalizing a definition of college readiness. Schools in the sample were selected because they were demonstrating success at enabling more students from underrepresented groups to…

Presents two assignments that are designed to help students (at the high school and college levels) to develop a sense of place while building skills to improve their narrative writing. Includes the assignment sheet. Describes how students create a Michigan Travel Guide from their final drafts. (SR)

Describes two assignments that attempt to reconcile the history of minority high school and college students in Flint, Michigan. States that the first assignment is a profile paper--an interview of someone in the community. Explains that the second exercise encourages students to see and use their world and their words as text. (PA)