Network Says "YES" to College for All

Autor/in	Robelen, Erik W.
Titel	Network Says "YES" to College for All
Quelle	In: Education Week, 28 (2009) 22, S.28-31 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0277-4232
Schlagwörter	High Schools; Charter Schools; Elementary Secondary Education; Low Income Groups; College Admission; Higher Education; Disadvantaged Youth; High School Graduates; College Graduates; Public Schools; Minority Groups; Academic Achievement; Student Behavior; Academic Advising; School Counselors; College Preparation; Open Enrollment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; Oberschule; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Absolvent; Absolventin; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Ethnische Minderheit; Schulleistung; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Akademischer Rat; School counselor; Beratungslehrer; Pädagogischer Berater; Open entry; Offenes Bildungssystem
Abstract	This article reports on a Texas charter school network which aims to expand the ranks of disadvantaged students who graduate, not just from high school, but from college as well. To earn a high school diploma, each student at YES (short for Youth Engaged in Service) Prep Public Schools, a growing Houston-area network of charters that predominantly serves children from low-income and minority families, must be accepted into at least one four-year college or university. With the credo "Whatever It Takes," the network has been built--and continually refined--to increase the odds that college admission and success are achievable for all its students. YES caps the size of its schools at 750 students in grades 6-12. The model seeks to create tightknit school communities with high expectations both for student academics and behavior, and to offer intensive college counseling as well as alumni support to help graduates stay on track. YES' eventual goal is to swell the number of low-income and minority Houstonians who earn college degrees, by growing to more than a dozen schools educating some 10,000 students. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10