They may be just a few years older, but Lee High School students are providing middle-schoolers with a map to success.
How do expectations, particularly teacher expectations, affect students in the U.S.? Are standards high enough? Does Common Core, which has been adapted by some states, set the bar too high? These are ...
If you heard about a high school where college enrollment among graduates leaped by 34 points in a decade, you might ask: What’s the secret and how can it be replicated? The answer is staring straight ...
In 2022, only 44% of surveyed high school students said they expected to earn a bachelor’s degree—down sharply from the 72% with that expectation in 2002. High school students’ expectations for ...
Education reform should prioritize classroom practice, including high-quality curricula and professional development, rather than solely focusing on structural reforms. Teacher preparation programs ...
High school students would take end-of-course tests designed, administered and scored by the state under new graduation ...
I didn’t know I had ADHD until adulthood, but looking back, the signs were always there. I was the student who stayed up until 2 a.m. rewriting papers because I couldn’t organize my thoughts until the ...
Voters in 2024 approved a ballot law to eliminate the MCAS graduation requirement. Now, the K-12 Statewide Graduation Council ...
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Editorial | Lower expectations, lower skills for UC students

Uh oh. Many freshmen at a top University of California campus can’t manage to do middle-school math. An analysis by a joint faculty-administration committee on student preparation at UC San Diego – ...
End-of-course tests administered by the state are seen as a potential model after voters nixed high-stakes MCAS exams.