Policy documents focused on academics; school practices were geared
toward preparing students for college and careers; and teachers and administrators consistently stressed achievement and either embraced external standards or created their own.
In addition to an excellent curriculum, MYcroSchool Charter Schools offer a community - based, personalized learning program that allows at promise students to earn a standard high school diploma and
also prepare students for college and career.
The website offers an overview of performance and detailed information on a range of indicators of school climate and conditions, success in
preparing students for college and career opportunities and achievement on standardized tests — all broken down by a dozen student groups, including low - income students, English learners, students with disabilities and other racial and ethnic groups, to highlight disparities in achievement.
The waiver application contains the same commitments that all states seeking waivers were required to meet: implementing Common Core or other rigorous
standards preparing students for college and careers, developing a teacher evaluation process that includes the results of local and state tests, and creating an accountability system that recognizes that success is more than students» test scores.
Every state should insist on K - 12 academic standards that adequately
prepare students for college and careers so that every young person has the opportunity to pursue postsecondary education, or quality training and careers, after high school.
The feature articles in this issue of Principal present real - world examples of the principal's role in leading instruction — providing a complete education experience that builds on stimulating instructional practices that not
only prepare students for college and career, but that are customized for today's learners and are truly student - centered.
As in previous years, a key consideration in the latest Race to the Top will be how the
applicants prepare students for college and careers, but now the department will also look specifically at how the district plans move beyond one - size - fits - all models of schooling.
The piece provides a framework that describes the 1) knowledge, 2) academic and technical skills, 3) dispositions and behaviors, and 4) ability to manage educational, career, and civic engagement, all of
which prepare students for both college and career.
Thanks in part to the Common Core State Standards, but also to the increasing emphasis in education on
adequately preparing students for college and careers, reading comprehension has become increasingly important in the non-ELA content areas like math, science, and social studies.
Alexandria, VA (06/10/2015)-- ASCD released a new professional development publication, Setting the Standard for Project Based Learning: A Proven Approach to Rigorous Classroom Instruction, that explores project based learning and how to
fully prepare students for college and career.
The publication, The California Campaign for Biliteracy, published by Californians Together provides details on the campaign whose goal is that California be an example for the nation
in preparing students for college and the careers of the future.
The Common Core & Next Generation Science Standards Working Group works to inform policymakers about common standards that will
prepare students for college and careers.