Perspective: Giving disadvantaged teens a mix of high school and college in one place
Why not provide, as early colleges do, a place for ninth, 10th, 11th and 12th-graders to become college students while they are still in high school? Teachers at early colleges appear to be making learning more effective and more real by having plenty of college courses at special high schools that are often on college campuses.
Early college high schools are more numerous than I thought. By 2021, the authors said, there were more than 130 in North Carolina, more than 180 in Texas and more than 170 in Michigan. There is no reliable count of the total number nationally, but estimates suggest at least 750. Originally, early colleges started in the 11th grade, but theThe book tells the stories of some interesting individual students.
The authors say early colleges’ unusual demands have a mixed effect on staff. Early college teachers have higher turnover rates. Such schools have higher percentages of novice teachers. But early college teachers said in surveys they were more satisfied with their school leaders than did teachers in regular neighboring schools.
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