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What High School Students Should Expect in 2013
Tweet Share on Facebook December 26, 2012 CommentHigh school students and parents saw a lot of educational changes in 2012, including expanded digital initiatives, reconfigured school weeks, and a new set of common standards.
Two main factors drove the changes: an influx of new technology and a heightened emphasis on college and career readiness for high school students.
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High School DREAMers Take Advantage of Deferred Action
Tweet Share on Facebook December 19, 2012 CommentNearly 103,000 young undocumented immigrants now have temporary protection from deportation under an executive order issued by President Obama in June, according to a report released last week by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
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Fiscal Cliff May Force Some High Schools to Close
Tweet Share on Facebook December 17, 2012 CommentIf Congress goes off the so-called fiscal cliff, federal funding for K-12 education programs will go along with it—but high schools in some districts will see their budgets fall further than others.
Technically called sequestration, the cliff refers to a package of mandatory spending cuts and expiring tax credits totaling $1.2 trillion. Those cuts will kick in on January 1 if an alternative deal is not reached, resulting in an 8.2 percent decrease in federal education spending.
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Experts Challenge High Schools to Revamp Outdated School Day, Year
Tweet Share on Facebook December 12, 2012 CommentStudents at select public schools in Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Tennessee will spend more time in class next school year—at least 300 hours more.
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What High School Parents Should Know About Common Core
Tweet Share on Facebook December 10, 2012 CommentWhen the Common Core State Standards take full effect in 2014, they will impact more than 42 million K-12 students. While some schools and districts are holding information sessions to educate parents on the new standards, most still know very little about what the Common Core entails.
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High School Students Critique Obama’s College Scorecard
Tweet Share on Facebook December 5, 2012 CommentThe Obama administration's proposed College Scorecard is all Greek to high school students, according to a report released Monday by the Center for American Progress, a nonprofit think tank.
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Common Core Could Improve Quality of High School Assessments
Tweet Share on Facebook December 3, 2012 CommentThe phrase "Common Core" is on the minds of high school teachers across the country as schools in 45 states and the District of Columbia begin implementing the new education standards.
Designed to set a consistent benchmark for achievement in math and English, the Common Core State Standards aim to prepare students for college and the workplace by using in-depth lessons to build critical thinking and analytical skills.
