High School & Beyond
Some of the biggest policy debates center on high school: college and career readiness, testing, dual enrollment, career-technical education, transitions to college and work. Veteran reporter Catherine Gewertz explored them all here. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: high schools, college & workforce readiness.
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.
College & Workforce Readiness
Mobile FAFSA to Debut in Spring 2018
The U.S. Department of Education plans to roll out a mobile app for the FAFSA in the spring of 2018.
College & Workforce Readiness
Getting Businesses Involved in Schools: What's the Secret Sauce?
A high school in Minnesota is excelling at something that has eluded most schools, and is important as they try to focus on career readiness: enlisting businesses to participate in designing curriculum and teaching students.
College & Workforce Readiness
Making the FAFSA Even Easier: Apply for Financial Aid on Your Phone
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announces plans to offer a mobile phone app for the FAFSA, the latest in a series of steps in recent years to make it easier to apply for financial aid for college.
College & Workforce Readiness
Miami Seeks Graduation-Test Waiver for Hurricane-Displaced Students
Two districts in Florida are asking the state to waive or change high school testing requirements for students who fled their homes in the wake of Hurricane Maria.
College & Workforce Readiness
A Higher Graduation Standard, Delayed
Pennsylvania delays, once again, its plan to increase requirements for high school graduation.
College & Workforce Readiness
College Leaders: Preparing Students for Careers Isn't Top Priority
A new survey of college and university trustees finds that they don't view preparing students for careers as the most important priority of higher education.
College & Workforce Readiness
Graduating From High School Is About to Get Easier in West Virginia
West Virginia is circulating a proposal that would reduce the number of credits students need to graduate from high school, among other changes.
College & Workforce Readiness
11 Steps Colleges Should Take to Help Low-Income Students
Colleges and universities have a duty to help low-income students surmount the many barriers they face in the application process, and 11 key practices could help them do that, a new report says.
Federal
Republican Tax Proposal Dumps Key College Deductions
The tax reform bill unveiled by House Republicans last week ends a popular deduction: for interest paid on student loans.
College & Workforce Readiness
Career and Tech Ed. Courses Don't Boost Chances of College-Going, Study Finds
A new study finds that career and technical education courses can reduce dropping out in high school, and increase on-time graduation. But it also finds that CTE courses don't necessarily boost college enrollment rates.
College & Workforce Readiness
College-Advising Model Yields Results for Low-Income Students
One college-advising program is helping to bridge the college-graduation gap for low-income and first-generation students with up to six years of support, researchers say. What lessons can schools learn?
College & Workforce Readiness
College Prices Rise Moderately, But Still Outstrip Student Aid
A pair of new reports shows moderate annual rises in college prices, but students still struggle to get enough financial aid to cover all their expenses.
College & Workforce Readiness
Thousands More Slated to Receive Retroactive Diplomas
Nevada has joined a growing list of states that are conferring retroactive diplomas after getting rid of their exit exams.