Today I met a woman whose daughter is in 9th grade in a very academic private high school. Only a few weeks into the school year the daughter is feeling overwhelmed. This is not an unusual feeling for high-achieving students because the pressure today to do well and “beat the competition” is intense.Yet, as I have written about before, the FLIPPING BURGERS philosophy is somewhat different th
Did you know that high school students from grade 9-11 can earn stipend by attending after school tutoring? The rewarding program I am talking about is called TRIO Upward Bound. The program is sponsor by U.S Department of Education, the same government department that gives students Financial Aid (loan, grant, work study) to pay for [...]
Annually, over 10 million high school students begin the process of applying to college. Their expectation is that college will be the same as high school. They remember getting 15 minutes of homework and studying on the bus on their way to the first class of the day. Everything seemed so easy and studying sufficiently was not a big deal. Unfortunately many students arrive to college unaware that
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Takkle is a site that is geared towards high-schoolers who are active in any sport or those who love sports. Takkle is actually ran by SPORTS ILLUSTRATED! SI has promoted the site by offering one of their members a chance to appear in an issue of SI, so
For the past year, a task force called Go Higher, Florida, has been trying to find ways to increase postsecondary enrollment, reduce the need for remedial education in the colleges, and improve the readiness of Florida high school graduates to enter the work force.
Judy Bilsky, executive vice chancellor of the community college system, reviewed the group's recommendations with the State Board of Education today. They include
Develop a definition of "college and career readiness."
Require relevant and rigorous courses for all high school students.
Adopt high school/postsecondary assessments that are clear in focus and function.
Participate in the American Diploma Project.
Campaign to improve public awareness and understanding of current and future assessments.
It's that last one that piques some interest. Because Bilsky explained that too many people in Florida think that if a student graduates from a Florida high school having passed the FCAT and received a general diploma mea
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Northern Kentucky University has launched a special scholarship program intended to make it financially possible for virtually all graduates of Newport and Holmes high schools to attend NKU.The new Holmes/Newport scholarships of up to $3,000 a year, when combined with federal and state grants, should cover the cost of NKU's annual $5,900 tuition in almost all cases, NKU officials said.this from The Kentucky Post.
In PiperJaffray’s 13th bi-annual teen survey, “25 percent of students said they’d be willing to buy one at the previously announced $500 entry point.”Still, Munster said he’s modeling for the Cupertino-based electronics maker to sell just 660,000 iPhones during the 2007 fiscal year ending September and just another 4 million in the proceeding 12 months.
“We expect increasingly widespread
Grant County News online reports:"It was only two years ago that Ryan Ray started the speech and drama program at Grant County High School with just 15 students.Senior Justine Croy, a founding member of the team, remembers those days."When Mr. Ray first started this, I'm not sure what he saw," she said.Obviously, Ray saw something, because now the team has swelled to 40 members and has become a major player in the high school speech and drama scene."We went from finishing pretty much in the bottom three at every competition to now finishing in the top three," Croy said.
If you can't think of a good reason to support school referendums, consider this:
Enlightenment Bulletin Board - Years In Small Classes In El-Ed School Yields Graduation
A new study involving a large sample of students followed for 13 years shows that four or more years in small classes in elementary school significantly increases the likelihood of graduating from high school, especially for students from low-income homes.
Enlightenment Bulletin Board - ONE-THIRD OF THOSE WHO ENTER HIGH SCHOOLS DON'T GRADUATE
"One-third of the nation's young people is a very considerable proportion," says Barton. "Almost 45 years ago, James Conant, former president of Harvard, said that the dropout problem was ‘social dynamite.' The explosion has occurred, and will continue to occur. This is seen in growing prison populations and increasing welfare costs; in ever lower wages; in a limited labor supply for, we are told, an economy with an increasing appetite for educated workers; and in the l
