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Perron, Julie – Leadership, 2013
When the author's school received the exciting news that they had moved from 714 to 752 on the Advanced Placement Incentive (API), the school staff were shocked, elated and paralyzed with fear. The author's conviction is that this is what fueled their API increase this year--the dedication of time to the discussion and dialogue about…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Mentors, School Community Relationship, Peer Teaching
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Townsend, Wayne – Perspectives in Peer Programs, 2015
Student "Mentor" and "Leadership" Programs impact the climate and culture of schools. Students are capable of outstanding leadership when given the opportunities and constructs to be successful. The evidence is clear that those schools that embrace student leadership and mentor programs have more positive events, activities,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mentors, Student Leadership, Leadership Training
M. J. Reinhardt; T. Moses; K. Arkansas; B. Ormson; G. K. Ward – National Comprehensive Center, 2020
This brief provides an overview of inequity and barriers to Native student academic success and ways to address them. It also reviews how gifted and talented programs and advanced placement courses have impacted Native students. As many tribal communities live in rural areas, this brief further discusses education and career awareness for those…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Students, American Indians, Academically Gifted
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Morrow, Jennifer Glenn; Torrez, Alex – Educational Leadership, 2012
Like all early college high schools, Clear Horizons Early College High School in Houston, Texas, tries to help its students earn a high school diploma and a two-year associate's degree simultaneously through taking dual credit courses while in high school. Although many of the school's students were successful, Clear Horizon's leaders realized…
Descriptors: College Preparation, High Schools, Dual Enrollment, Advanced Placement Programs
Sibley, Michael O., Ed. – Alabama Department of Education, 2008
"Alabama Education News" is published monthly except for June, July, and December by the Alabama Department of Education. This publication, authorized by Section 16-2-4 of the "Code of Alabama", as recompiled in 1975, is a public service of the Alabama Department of Education designed to inform citizens and educators about…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Public Education, Teaching Conditions, Educational Environment
Feldhusen, John – College Board Review, 1983
Gifted and talented youths' educational needs are so extensive that acceleration, enrichment, individualization, and counseling services are required. The Gifted Education Resource Institute at Purdue University has been developing programs and helping others throughout the midwest to develop programs to meet the needs of these youth. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Advanced Placement Programs, College School Cooperation, Counseling
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1998
The National School-to-Work Office in collaboration with the National Association for Gifted Children, the Council for Exceptional Children, the Association for the Gifted, and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted have identified 11 gifted education/school-to-work (GT/STW) models that are either best practices or unique…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Advanced Placement Programs, Career Education