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Cover Stories
Unlocking the keys to college Ohio's effort to boost college enrollment for all students, rural, urban and suburban, centers on two key programs. But so far, both have fallen short of attracting and getting more urban students into college.
Early College: Cleveland skims the cream, other districts mine for gold The state’s Early College programs are showing some promise as a vehicle for increasing college enrollment by nearly a quarter of a million students over the next 10 years, the goal that Gov. Ted Strickland has set.
Early College is as much a culture as it is a school
Doors to college might open wider for urban students The state’s new “Seniors to Sophomores” program aims to open college to a wider, more diverse body of high school students, but some say it needs more academic support to assure urban high schoolers can take advantage.
Counseling, confidence, and college Gwen Williams-Wade, a school counselor at Columbus Public Schools’ Walnut Ridge High School, wishes the need for her to assist in the administration of exams like the Ohio Graduation Test didn’t have to compete with the need to keep students emotionally and academically healthy.
Columbus starts college in elementary school Five Columbus elementary schools are jumping the gun on high schools to get kids on a college track.
April 2008: Access to College
From starting preparation too late in the game, to a lack of guidance counselors, to programs that ought to help low-income, first-generation students, but don’t, urban students face formidable obstacles to getting in—and staying in—college. Now, Gov. Ted Strickland plans to add another program that is not likely to do much good for the kids who need the most help, unless funds and planning are in place to prepare students earlier, critics say.
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Unlocking the keys to college Ohio's effort to boost college enrollment for all students, rural, urban and suburban, centers on two key programs. But so far, both have fallen short of attracting and getting more urban students into college.
Early College: Cleveland skims the cream, other districts mine for gold The state’s Early College programs are showing some promise as a vehicle for increasing college enrollment by nearly a quarter of a million students over the next 10 years, the goal that Gov. Ted Strickland has set.
Early College is as much a culture as it is a school
Doors to college might open wider for urban students The state’s new “Seniors to Sophomores” program aims to open college to a wider, more diverse body of high school students, but some say it needs more academic support to assure urban high schoolers can take advantage.
Counseling, confidence, and college Gwen Williams-Wade, a school counselor at Columbus Public Schools’ Walnut Ridge High School, wishes the need for her to assist in the administration of exams like the Ohio Graduation Test didn’t have to compete with the need to keep students emotionally and academically healthy.
Columbus starts college in elementary school Five Columbus elementary schools are jumping the gun on high schools to get kids on a college track.
Follow Up
Volunteers rally on weekend to put students on a path to college
Darina Pilipchuk sits in the quiet lobby of the BP tower in downtown
Cleveland, surrounded by paperwork and a laptop. She could be spending
this cold Sunday afternoon in February with her five-month-old son, but
instead she chose to spend her afternoon helping other parents untangle
the often-confusing maze of the Free Application for Federal Student
Aid (FAFSA) form, answering questions about scholarships and loans
along the way.
Updates
What they didn't learn in high school
Now in college, recent graduates wish their schools had taught effective study, and time-management skills. Teachers should have pushed them harder to achieve, they say.
Q & A With
Marc Dann, Ohio Attorney General
Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann made national news last year when he filed suit against some charter schools for failing to adequately educate children. Catalyst Ohio correspondent Scott Piepho spoke to Dann about his use of the office in the education arena.
Viewpoints
Keep school reform in balance
For the past decade the mantra of the best and brightest school
reformers has been "rigor, relevance and relationships." These three Rs
are the pillars of successful schools and rising student achievement
across all demographic fault lines--income, race, and culture.
