Nicole Howard, EdD Urban Education Leadership ’15 and principal at North Lawndale College Prep High School, argues that elements of college life need to be embedded in high school curriculum for urban students, to build the idea that college is a reality for...
What is the best predictor of a student’s likelihood to graduate from high school? Not test scores, not previous grades, not attendance, not socioeconomic status or family income. According to research, a student’s positive outcomes in ninth grade is the...
Marcey Sorensen, EdD Urban Education Leadership ’14, works with teachers at Roberto Clemente High School to create college immersion experiences for the school’s predominantly Latino, first-generation college prospective students. These experiences, she...
