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Information related to the current state and the future direction of education in the US in general and California in particular.
Updated on 2009-02-04
Created on 2008-05-31
Category: Schools & Education
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Perspectives on Multiple Pathways: Oakes and Saunders
A report on the California Multiple Pathways Project
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High School and Beyond Overview
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n California, about half of public high school graduates go on to a publicly supported two- or four-year college. Others will attend private institutions in state, or private and public ones out of state. In California, publicly supported higher education includes the community college, California State University, and University of California systems.
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tudents graduating in the top one-third of their high school class are eligible to attend California State Universities; those graduating in the top 12.5% are also eligible to attend one of the University of California campuses. (About half of those accepted to either system actually enroll.) The community colleges are responsible for meeting whatever demand for continued education exists among the remaining high school graduates and much of the adult population wanting to return to school.
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College Success Blog by Dr. Michael Kirst: Betraying the College Dream in America
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70 percent of high-school graduates go on to college within two years of graduation -- although many must do some catch-up remedial work once they get there
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HigherEdInfo.org: College-Going Rates of High School Graduates - Directly from HS
Number of CA HS grads going to college in 2004
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California 43.7 375426 164087
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College Enrollment and Work Activity of 2007 High School Graduates
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In October 2007, 67.2 percent of high school graduates from the class
of 2007 were enrolled in colleges or universities, according to data re-
leased today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of
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3.0 million youth who graduated from high school between
October 2006 and October 2007, about 2.0 million (67.2 percent) were at-
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Merit Pay For Teachers : NPR
Various points on teacher merrit pay.
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districts across the nation are experimenting with paying teachers based on performance
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Teachers have long resisted this idea, but they are gradually warming up to it. Still, many questions surround the issue of merit pay, including whether teachers can be punished for the challenges facing students — especially if those students are low-income, learning disabled, or struggling to speak English.
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