College-Based High Schools Fill Growing Need
A year ago, Paul McNabb was on the verge of flunking high school. He felt lost in the crowd of 1,300 students on the urban campus he was attending here. With no plans for going to college, he didn’t see the point in trying too hard.
This spring, though, his latest report card is hanging on the refrigerator at his home, showing near-perfect grades in his honors classes. The senior has also completed several community college courses and, after his scheduled graduation this week, he plans to enroll in more college classes and a firefighter-training program.
Mr. McNabb, 18, may always have been capable of such academic feats. But the turnaround began when he switched from a traditional high school to one of the small, college-based programs offered by the Guilford...
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