Tag Archives: dual enrollment

Minority Males: a System for Success

Written by: Howard Finney, Executive Dean, Division of Business and Public Service, Manasseh Lee, Faculty Advisor, El Centro Community College, Dallas, TX and Myra Silverman, MCNC At the July 2011 MCNC Summer Conference, Dean Howard Finney, facilitated a workshop on Minority Males – Challenges, Opportunities, and Response. This session acknowledged the fact that minority [...]

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Putting it All Together

It’s a jigsaw puzzle. How do our schools merge the Design Principles of a Middle College, the philosophy of an Early College, Conley’s College Readiness Indicators, local and national curriculum requirements and sustain the affective, cultural, and community components necessary to create a successful middle/early college student? Like all MCNC schools, this is the challenge [...]

Posted in Newsletter - Fall 2011 - Vol. 17 | No. 4 | Also tagged 16 Habits of Mind, 2011, Accountable Talk, Amy Cox, Art Costa Bena Kallick, Chery Wagonlander, Choice Theory, Daniel Willingham, David Conley, Dual Credit, Early College High School, ECHS, GAPS Transition Program, human knot, MCHS, MCNC, meta-cognition, Middle College High School, Middle College National Consortium, Mott Community College, Mott Middle Early College High School, Newsletter, Why Don't Students Like School | Comments closed

Two Hundred Educators From Across The Country Take Part in JAM

On November 2nd educators from across the country were brought together by a coalition of educational institutions, “We know that Early College High Schools work for traditionally underserved youth by providing supported dual enrollment. . Completing college courses while still in high school is a clear college readiness indicator that can be adopted now.” online, [...]

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Hundreds of Educators Sign Up for November 2nd JAM on “Scaling the Best of Early College”

“Scaling the Best of Early College” will be the topic of a JAM to be held on November 2nd, from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM (EST). A JAM is an online conversation that allows participants to enter and leave the conversation throughout the day, as time permits. It will bring together Early College teachers, college [...]

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Challenge Early College High School, A MCNC Member School, Wins Prestigious U.S. Blue Ribbon Award

Challenge Early College High School, a MCNC Member school, is a recipient of this year’s U.S. Blue Ribbon award for having its students score in the top 10% on Texas State tests. The award is aligned with President Obama’s goal of making education the lynchpin in improving the U.S. economy, closing the achievement gap, and [...]