curriculum

Impact of Arts Education on College and Career Readiness: Briefing Overview

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A recent April 8, 2011, Capitol Hill panel briefing on the impact of arts education on career and college readiness, hosted by the College Board and following Washington, DC’s Arts Advocacy Day 2011, highlighted the importance of the arts in developing the critical 21st century skills students need to become well-rounded, productive individuals who can succeed in college and the workplace.

Accelerated Pathways: International Baccalaureate

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By Becky Smerdon and Aimee Eden (guest authors)

There are a number of paths that high school students can follow to earn college credits while in high school. This week, we are going to highlight three of these accelerated pathways: (1) Advanced Placement, (2) Dual Enrollment, and (3) International Baccalaureate. Today’s post is about the International Baccalaureate (IB) program.

Accelerated Pathways: Advanced Placement

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By Becky Smerdon and Ashley Spalding (guest authors)

There are a number of paths that high school students can follow to earn college credits while in high school. This week, we are going to highlight three of these accelerated pathways: (1) Advanced Placement, (2) Dual Enrollment, and (3) International Baccalaureate. Today’s post is about the Advanced Placement Program.

Accelerated Pathways: Dual Enrollment

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By Becky Smerdon and Aimee Evan (guest authors)

There are a number of paths that high school students can follow to earn college credits while in high school. This week, we are going to highlight three of these accelerated pathways: (1) Advanced Placement, (2) Dual Enrollment, and (3) International Baccalaureate. Today’s post is about the Dual Enrollment program.

Race to the Top Winners Promise High School Innovations

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Race to the Top (RTTT) round two award winners were released yesterday, and the news is good for the nine state winners and the District of Columbia.  Though we’ve devoted previous blogs to round two finalists’ applications, we’re now taking a closer look at high school-specific proposals in the winning states.  Though many states have exciting and successful high school initiatives already up and run

Highest-Rated Investing in Innovation (i3) Applicants: High School Improvement, Personalization, and Curricula Focus

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Though many of the i3 grants have important implications for high school, this week we are discussing those that are most specifically high school focused.[1] Today we discuss the remainder of high school grants which cover a diverse range of high school topics, including high school improvement, personalization, and curricula. More details about the applications are available in the abstracts linked below.

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