Author Archives: Tony Hoffmann

Middle Early College High School at Buffalo Saved from Extinction

In spite of the fiscal crisis enveloping Buffalo, NY, Middle Early College High School @ Buffalo, a school primarily serving students at the low end of the economic scale, has been saved from the chopping block. Statistics such as a 93% daily attendance rate, 80% college pass rate and 2.4 average college GPA turned the tide in favor of keeping the school open.

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MCNC Encouraged by Findings of November 2nd Jam: Taking the Best of Early College to Scale

Early Colleges are scalable • Early Colleges are an effective model for helping underserved youth to graduate from high school and go on to college • There is no single Early College model but key attributes are shared

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John Starkey Named the New Principal of International High School

  A native of Western New York, Mr. Starkey previously taught ESL and Bilingual Social Studies in various K-12 classes and worked for Mid-Hudson Migrant Education program. He received student teacher training at Queens International HS at LaGuardia Community College under the mentorship of HaroldBretstein.  While teaching History at LaGuardia, Mr. Starkey was a UFT and Personnel Committee chair and parent ESL teacher before transitioning to [...]

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New Publication by Researchers from Teachers College and Rutgers University Outlines the Benefits of Dual Enrollment Programs like MCNC

“Dual Enrollment: A Strategy for Educational Advancement of All Students” is a thoroughly researched publication of the Blackboard Institute that rigorously documents the benefits of dual enrollment, the name given to programs like those offered by the Middle College National Consortium that allow high school students to enroll in both high school and college courses [...]

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MCNC Summer Professional Development Institute Concludes With Rave Reviews from Attendees

How to Become a College Ready School was the Theme of MCNC’s 17th Annual Summer Professional Development Institute. Over two hundred educators from thirty schools across the country attended this four day event Dr. Cecilia L. Cunningham-President & Founder of MCNC These conferences are vital for schools to share information about becoming college ready. In [...]

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