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By Jane Stancill in the Education section of the North Carolina NewsObserver.com, December 31 2010. "North Carolina has become the nation's incubator of early college high schools, with one-third of the total in the United States," 71 schools with 15,000 students. In 2011, NC State University will launch a new early college high school. This article provides background on the ECHS.

Announcements about students from Greer Middle College Charter High School.  Scholarship winners, pageant winners, blood drive, and participation in the MCNC Student Conference in California.

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Early College High School Initiative "partner organizations...have started or redesigned more than 230 schools in 28 states and the District of Columbia." Their Publications tab offers resources on creating an early college high school, as well as policy issues.

From the overview, "The Texas High School Project (THSP) is a unique public-private alliance dedicated to significantly improving the postsecondary readiness of low-income students with a focus on students in low-performing schools." Early college high schools are one of their focus areas.

Another MCNC school wins the U.S. Blue Ribbon Award

MCNC's school Greer appealed against the South Carolina's Department of Education and won the right to be amongst 14 out of 179 high schools statewide to met the No Child Left Behind standards.

Five South Carolina public schools are among the 300 schools nationwide named 2010 No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon winners today by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.  Official award ceremonies take place in November in Washington, DC.

Sounds like EC and then some...the story of Perry County in Alabama and how they are succeeding at producing high school graduates at a much higher rate than everyone else in this demographic group PLUS they place 75% of their students in college. Reference is made also to students needing but one semester to get a nursing degree when they graduate from high school. They start the concentrated learning in kindergarten.

U.S. News and World Report 2010 Bronze Best High School Winner for the third year in a row!

GTCHS was one of five   South Carolina school is winner the Palmetto's Finest Award for the 2009 school year!

Title: Companies are Erecting In-House Social Networks, June 26, 2011, This article intrigued me from the get-go because: 1) it speaks to the desire for people to be connected socially in their work; 2) it provides forums (opportunities) for the distantly-connected worker(s)/network member(s) to 'trickle-up' by sharing innovative practice/ideas; 3) it resembles Facebook for its ease of participation and entry level; 4) it creates a social network, which is the beginning of conversation, which is the beginning of collaboration, no? :-) We know that high school students LOVE the SLI because it gives them the opportunity to meet and greet and sometimes talk about meaningful social justice issues. But the hook is social, then learning. We have been talking about trying Facebook this year to ease the way in for up to 200 kids, but many school districts do not allow students to access Facebook from school computers. Maybe we need to explore Yammer or Chatter or look to see if there is a comparable open source app?

The Meadows Foundation supports charitable needs in Texas, with approximately 13% of their money going towards education. One of their flagship projects is called Charitable Schools and encourages student-led community service in high schools and middle schools. There is no specific mention of early college on their website.

Study of select Woodrow Wilson Foundation and Middle College National Consortium Early Colleges and how high school and college partners strive to align secondary and post-secondary standards with college readiness.

Authored by Clifford Adelman and published by the U.S. Department of Education (ED.gov), 2006. From the Executive Summary, the document "is a data essay that follows a nationally representative cohort of students from high school into postsecondary education, and asks what aspects of their formal schooling contribute to completing a bachelor's degree by their mid-20s." Both PDF and Word Doc available from this page.

Blog on high school economics and 4th grade collaboration on Lawn Boy book that focuses on economic principles that guide a young boy's lawn mowing practice into a money maker. I like that because it takes sophisticated principles and presents them within an interesting story that grabs 4th graders and high school students. Then through a collaboration online between the two age groups, they discuss the book together through a series of Skype interviews/interactions.

Paper examines the mismatch between high school preparation and college expectations; how high schools should prepare students for college success.

Website of Jim Burke, a high school English teacher who has published widely on how to be an effective high school English teacher.

Students at risk of dropping out have shown great capacity. See a news report about Challenge Early College High School and how it has helped to retain students at risk of dropping out.

NCNSP works with school districts and educators to develop more than 100 innovative high schools in every region of the state. NCNSP partners with colleges and universities, state and local government, and supporters in business and philanthropy. The organization provides a full range of services and supports to enhance the knowledge and skills of educators in new schools.