Sentences with phrase «boost college readiness»

The Common Core should help to boost college readiness and completion by significantly raising expectations, starting in kindergarten.

College readiness: The governor wants to expand access to Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses in high school, which are proven to boost college readiness upon graduation.

It has bolstered technology training, scrapped a program that prepared students for almost non-existent manufacturing jobs and boosted college readiness efforts.

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The Common Core has been adopted by nearly every state and aims to boost college - and career - readiness.

King has called the calls for a moratorium a «distraction» from the work of boosting students» readiness for college and careers.

Cuomo defended New York's move to the Common Core, which has been adopted by nearly every state and aims to boost students» readiness for college and careers.

The Common Core curriculum standards have been voluntarily adopted by 45 states and aim to boost students» readiness for college and careers.

The Common Core standards were developed by a group of state education leaders but promoted by the federal government, particularly through Race To The Top, a nationwide competitive grant program that required the adoption of standards that boost college - and career - readiness.

So at the high school end, we tried to boost standards — and some places did a pretty good job of it — but even much - praised Massachusetts wasn't able to raise its high school exit standard to equal college readiness as traditionally defined.

Dating back at least to Achieve's (with Fordham's encouragement) launch of the «American Diploma Project,» the idea that K — 12 standards ought to be geared toward college and career readiness has gained momentum, strongly boosted by funders, business leaders and, ultimately, governors and state education chiefs.

Alexander apparently decided to keep his powder dry a month ago after the Department released the «Feedback That Shook The World,» telling Delaware that its plan to use student performance on Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams as a metric for college readiness was out of line, and declaring that the state's goals for boosting proficiency rates were not «ambitious enough» to merit approval.

There is a growing national movement to better utilize school counselors and with changes in policy and practice, counselors can emerge s invaluable resources in our nation's schools to boost college and career readiness in a time of fiscal constraint.

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In the quest to improve college readiness and, ultimately, to boost college completion, few practices have received more attention in recent months than so - called dual - enrollment programs; the arrangements allow students to earn college credits while still in high school.

It called for a network of services, expanding quality programs for infants and toddlers, improving college readiness, boosting teen pregnancy prevention, and helping parents with financial literacy and workforce development.

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