Middle College National Consortium

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.

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Interesting approach by PARCC on through-course assessments for K-12 students with particular significance for HS students as they assess how college ready they are, how they are growing content and skills to analyze, understand the content and apply, and how through-course assessments drive interventions, classroom practice, and support needed for teachers to understand CCSS and help their students to achieve them. Really like logic model on p 17. How does this, should this, could this affect MCNC's epi modeling? I-Lab practicum?

Website for using social media to create a ladder of engagement to inspire people to take action and change. The question for MCNC is how to create a ladder of learning engagement through the SLI I-Lab.

Home Google site for I-Lab SLI 2011-2012

Great map that shows stereotypes that people in New York might have of people elsewhere, July 6, 2011

I stumbled across this trailer called One Day on Earth where people around the world filmed examples of humanity. There is apparently an 11/11/11 worldwide event planned. Two ideas: any desire to alert schools of its existence so they could participate in November? Or select a date in time for kids at SLI schools to do their own 1 minute videotaping of humanity in their communities to have it come together in a 3 minute composite at the Conference? Or use it for an even bigger project unifying SLI students? http://vimeo.com/26378195

Title: Reaching the Goal:  The Applicability and Importance of the Common Core State Standards to College and Career Readiness.Source: EPIC Educational Policy Improvement CenterAuthors: David Conley et al A new analysis from Educational Policy improvement Center (EPIC) indicates that mastering the Common Core Standards have the baseline knowledge and skills necessary for college work.

Describes important elements in developing a systematic method for high schools to collect and use college proficiency information to make strategic decisions in preparing students for post-secondary success.\n\n

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

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.

Hollis Price is 2010 Title I Distinguished Schools National Winner for the state of Tennessee.

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.

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

Dawn Cooper's organization website

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

The impact of the Middle College experience from the student's point of view published in an article by the Contra Costa Times.