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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

"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…

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…

A job placement model, integrated into an existing guidance program, was developed, field tested, and evaluated in the Mt. Ararat School, Maine. The project focused on nine priorities related to job placement, job development, job-seeking and keeping skills, and followup services. Objectives, procedures, and methods of evaluation were set up for…

Discussed talent search programs and their objectives, such as finding disadvantaged students who, with developmental assistance and financial support, could profit from additional education and training, and then counsel these students and help them find academic admission and occupational placement. (Author/RK)

In this paper, a differentiation is made between student follow-up and student follow-through. Employer evaluation of in-school students on jobs is discussed, as well as issues concerning credits for work experience. Preceding this discussion is a list of objectives designed to guide local school officials in establishing and operating a job…

The Advanced Placement (AP) Program was created by the College Board upon the premise that university-level material can be taught successfully to high school students who have outstanding ability plus the motivation to learn. By challenging these students, the Advanced Placement Program accelerates learning and enhances studies at both the high…

The author describes the development and operation of Wisconsin's In-School Job Placement Project, a joint effort of the Department of Public Instruction and Job Service Wisconsin. The project involving fifty-six high schools has meant jobs for 25,000 students and graduates and has improved job-seeking skills for thousands of others. (BM)

The Brevard District Plan for placement and follow-up is intended for all secondary students, including dropouts, disadvantaged, adult students, and graduates. The areas of placement may be in gainful employment, educational institutions, or a combination of both. The plan specifies procedures for implementing placement and stipulates the type of…

The second in a series of interviews with Appalachian citizens, this article presents a Pennsylvania vocational-technical school counselor's responses re: students, their abilities, and their highly positive attitudes; his program and its place in the community and career education; and the economic status of Monaca, Pennsylvania. (SB)