Dual Enrollment Programs

School Choice & Charters KIPP Partners With Bard College on Dual Enrollment
One of KIPP's New Orleans' campuses is partnering with Bard College to offer its upperclassmen a chance to earn an associates degree while in high school. Given KIPP's national footprint, the model has the potential for large expansion.
Arianna Prothero, October 11, 2018
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College & Workforce Readiness Report Roundup Dual Credit Classes
Taking dual-credit courses in high school doesn't save students much time or money in college, finds a new study by the American Institutes for Research.
Catherine Gewertz, August 21, 2018
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College & Workforce Readiness Dual Credit: The Good News and the Bad News
Two new studies raise questions about widespread claims that taking dual-enrollment courses in high school can save students time and money in college.
Catherine Gewertz, August 3, 2018
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College & Workforce Readiness Dual Enrollment: Don't Restrict It to High-Achieving Students
A new study calls on states to end the practice of restricting dual-enrollment courses to high-achieving students. It argues that middle-performing students can do well, and reap big benefits, with the right support.
Catherine Gewertz, May 8, 2018
3 min read
Curriculum Louisiana Revamps the Rules on Dual-Enrollment Courses
The changes have come amid questions over the rigor of these popular high school classes.
Brenda Iasevoli, December 18, 2017
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Curriculum Four Ways to Build a Good Program for College Credit in High School
A new report on dual-credit programs offers nuts-and-bolts advice for program designers to ensure quality, accountability, equity and a wise investment of public funds.
Catherine Gewertz, November 30, 2017
2 min read
Federal Could Betsy DeVos' Pitch to Expand School Choice Help Dual Enrollment?
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos sees dual enrollment and other programs that help high school kids earn college credit as a form of school choice, her favorite K-12 policy.
Alyson Klein, October 19, 2017
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College & Workforce Readiness Report Roundup Dual-Enrollment
Dual-enrollment courses have become a popular way for states to boost college access for traditionally underserved students.
Catherine Gewertz, September 5, 2017
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College & Workforce Readiness Dual Credit: Race and Income Gaps Are Getting Wider, Study Finds
A new study raises questions about whether the students who can benefit most from dual-credit programs are getting adequate access to them.
Catherine Gewertz, August 29, 2017
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College & Workforce Readiness Opinion Study Sparks Conversations About Equal Access to Acceleration Programs
A Minnesota Office of Higher Education leader comments on the significance and implications of partnership work on an Acceleration Program study.
Urban Education Contributor, May 11, 2017
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College & Workforce Readiness Opinion New Study Sheds Light on Students in Acceleration Programs
A Minnesota study sheds light on the characteristics of students participating in Acceleration Programs and how participation affects college outcomes.
Urban Education Contributor, May 8, 2017
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Sydney Bruner, a junior at Prairie High School in Cottonwood, Idaho, studies for a class presentation. The state is one of several that offer course choice.
Sydney Bruner, a junior at Prairie High School in Cottonwood, Idaho, studies for a class presentation. The state is one of several that offer course choice.
Jerome Pollos for Education Week
College & Workforce Readiness Course Choice: A Different Way to Expand School Choice?
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has talked about it. It's permitted under ESSA; and some states already use it. But what is course choice?
Liana Loewus & Andrew Ujifusa, April 4, 2017
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Federal Betsy DeVos to Highlight Dual Enrollment Programs in Florida
The U.S. Secretary of Education will be going to Valencia College in Orlando, Fla., a prominent community college with a robust dual-enrollment program.
Alyson Klein, March 21, 2017
1 min read
School & District Management Report Roundup Dual Enrollment
A new study of dual-enrollment programs finds that high-achieving white girls from financially secure homes are more likely to enroll in those college-credit programs than minority, male, or low-income students.
Catherine Gewertz, March 21, 2017
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