362. College Access and Success News

Here are links to recent news on college access and success.
by
Joe Rottenborn
Executive Director, Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP)

1. Read The Joe Rottenborn Daily ▸ today's top stories on college access and success via @rottenbornj ▸ http://paper.li/rottenbornj

2. Curriculum Matters: What It All Means: Analysis of NAEP Results Pours In, by Erik Robelen http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2011/11/more_analysis_rolling_in_on_ne.html via @educationweek - "With a fresh round of national test data released last week for reading and math, a variety of analysts have sought to weigh in. I'll highlight a few examples I've come across."

3. National Journal -- Parsing the Nation's Report Card, by Sandy Kress #2109245#2109245#2109245#2109245#2109245 http://bit.ly/rK3gfT via @AddThis

"The gains I will discuss below are significant, but they do not yet extend much to postsecondary readiness and success in completion after high school. The movement toward greater rigor and accountability in high school and postsecondary options must be accelerated and intensified."

4. College Bound: Designing Policies to Encourage Early High School Graduation, by Caralee Adams http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/college_bound/2011/11/designing_policies_to_encourage_early_high_school_graduation.html via @educationweek - "There is a lot of money to be saved when high school students graduate early, so many states are offering incentives for high-achieving students who take this route. But as states craft policies, researchers at Jobs for the Future, a Boston-based national nonprofit, looked into the best way to encourage this education fast-track."

5. INCENTIVES FOR EARLY GRADUATION - http://www.jff.org/sites/default/files/IncentivesForEarlyGraduation_PolicyBrief_080311.pdf

"Research has found that the most reliable predictor of college successis the quality and intensity of the high school curriculum(Adelman 2006)."

6. Lumina Foundation Will Provide $7-Million to Help More Latino Students Graduate,by Jennifer Gonzalezhttp://chronicle.com/article/Lumina-Foundation-Will-Provide/129674/

"The Lumina Foundation for Education is turning its attention to a segment of the population projected to be a key driver in meeting the nation's college-completion goals: Latino students. . . . The project is part of Lumina's Goal 2025 effort, which aims to increase the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees and credentials to 60 percent by the year 2025."

7. Obama will mandate Head Start competition, by David Jackson and Richard Wolf – http://usat.ly/sxC9Ed via @USATODAY - "Nationally, there are nearly 1,600 Head Start and Early Head Start programs providing early learning services to nearly 1 million low-income children."

8. What does being "college and career ready" mean? by Valerie Strauss - http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/no-child-left-behind/what-is-being-college-and-care.html -“ACT defines college readiness as acquisition of the knowledge and skills a student needs to enroll and succeed in credit-bearing, first-year courses at a postsecondary institution, such as a two- or four-year college, trade school, or technical school,” she said. “Simply stated, readiness for college means not needing to take remedial courses in postsecondary education or training programs.”

9. Things to think about as students begin applying to colleges http://t.co/KqofhQY7 via @everettherald

10. N.J. must address achievement gap between rich, poor students http://t.co/VyzyxGfU http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2011/11/njersey_must_address_achieveme.html

11. Q&A: Student loan concerns for parents - JSOnline http://t.co/1C09p9M4