Hidalgo Sets Sail: A School District Supports All Students in Earning College Credits

Autor/in	Nodine, Thad R.
Titel	Hidalgo Sets Sail: A School District Supports All Students in Earning College Credits
Quelle	In: American Educator, 35 (2011) 3, S.21-27 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0148-432X
Schlagwörter	High Schools; Private Schools; College Programs; College Credits; School Districts; Dual Enrollment; Higher Education; Partnerships in Education; Educational Change; College Readiness; Texas; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; Oberschule; Private school; Privatschule; Studienprogramm; College; Colleges; Achievement; Performance; Anrechnung; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Leistung; School district; Schulbezirk; Doppelstudium; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Bildungsreform; USA
Abstract	In 2005, the Hidalgo Independent School District made an ambitious commitment. In partnership with nearby University of Texas-Pan American, the University of Texas System, the Communities Foundation of Texas/Texas High School Project, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the district promised that all of its students, not just a select group, would earn college credits before graduating from high school. This commitment by a small district in South Texas could be seen as part of a nationwide pattern: many districts are engaged in high school reform efforts to improve the college readiness of students. Many are also actively supporting dual enrollment in college classes for motivated students. But Hidalgo appears to be the first comprehensive public school district in the United States to expect all students to earn college credits--including credits in career-focused college programs--while in high school. The demographics of Hidalgo's student body--99 percent Hispanic, 89 percent economically disadvantaged, and 53 percent English language learner--make this commitment even more remarkable. The story of how this district took up the mantle of providing college credits for all its students--and how students and families responded--says a lot about the priorities of "this little treasure on the border," as the district has become known. (Contains 6 footnotes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Federation of Teachers. 555 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001. Tel: 202-879-4400; e-mail: amered@aft.org; Web site: http://www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10