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Connecting working-class kids to high-tech futures
Carlos Huerta, an engineering student at Downtown College Prep Alum Rock High, works on wheels for a “drop-and-dash” robot for the Silicon Valley Tech Challenge. Photo: Joanne Jacobs Silicon Valley...
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Middle school to manufacturing
Destini Williams and Amrose Bhujel test vehicles they’ve made from trash at Woodward Park Middle School in Columbus, Ohio. Photo: Maddie McGarvey/Education Week Middle-schoolers in Ohio are learning...
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Don’t tie diploma to college-prep coursework
Requiring college-prep coursework to earn a diploma is a mistake, writes Russell Rumberger on EdSource. An emeritus University of California at Santa Barbara education professor, he is director of the...
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Why high schools can’t raise standards
Forty to 50 percent of high school graduates aren’t prepared to pass a community college class, writes Marc Tucker, president of the National Center on Education and the Economy. If high schools raise...
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Who’s college ready? Let’s find out
States vow to graduate students who are college- and career-ready but have no idea if they’re succeeding, writes Checker Finn. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) should test...
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What should high schools require?
What standards should students meet to graduate from high school? asks a “wonkathon” on Fordham’s Flypaper site. I think high schools should reduce requirements to a bare minimum, perhaps eighth-grade...
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‘Career-ready’ at 18? It’s a myth
In the 21st century, the “career-ready” 18-year-old high school graduate is a myth, write Anthony P. Carnevale, who directs the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, and...
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Ohio: No job skills needed to be ‘career ready’
Ohio will put a career readiness seal on the diplomas of graduates who’ve mastered skills such as teamwork and creativity, reports Catherine Gewertz in Education Week. Taking career-tech courses or...
View ArticleAviation students solve problems — before the crash
Students are learning math, engineering and problem solving through a curriculum designed by the nonprofit Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Foundation, reports Kevin Bushweller on...
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How schools fail special-ed students
Almost all students with disabilities are capable of graduating from high school on time, writes Hechinger’s Sarah Butrymowicz and Jackie Mader. Yet only 65 percent earn a diploma in four years,...
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