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Download full textBirney, Lauren; McNamara, Denise – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2018
This paper explores the issue of social justice through the lens of equitable access to Advanced Placement courses in the City of New York High Schools, with focus on Advanced Placement Environmental Science. A critical component of the Advanced Placement Environmental Science course is the incorporation of environmental fieldwork. The National…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Environmental Education, Employment Opportunities, STEM Education
Direct linkAlvarado, Steven Elías; Muniz, Paul – Research in Higher Education, 2018
Previous research suggests that racial and ethnic disparities in postsecondary STEM outcomes are rooted much earlier in the educational pipeline. One possible remedy to these disparities is participation in early STEM enrichment programs. We examine the impact of MESA, which is an early program that targets socioeconomically disadvantaged…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Majors (Students), Enrichment Activities, High School Students
Mokher, Christine G.; Lee, Steve; Sun, Christopher – Research in the Schools, 2019
We explore the impacts of a Consortium of rural high schools and colleges in Tennessee engaged in partnership activities to improve high school students' college and career readiness. These 29 Consortium schools received support from the federal Investing in Innovation Fund (i3) to scale up local promising practices, including distance and online…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, College Readiness, Comparative Analysis, Consortia
Phelan, Julia; Egger, Jeffrey; Kim, Junok; Choi, Kilchan; Keum, Eunhee; Chung, Gregory K. W. K.; Baker, Eva L. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2021
The National Math + Science Initiative (NMSI) is a nonprofit organization committed to improving educational outcomes that traces its roots back to the early 1990s. NMSI's College Readiness Program (CRP) is a long-standing program with the goal of promoting STEM education in high schools to improve students' preparation for college. The three-year…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Nonprofit Organizations, Program Evaluation, STEM Education
Bausmith, Jennifer Merriman; Laitusis, Vytas – College Board, 2012
The AP Achievement Institute I (APAI I) is a four-day professional development program offered to teachers and administrators by EXCELerator™, a district reform program operated by the College Board. The APAI I program is designed to help teachers develop effective AP instructional strategies for a diverse student body and to help district,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Faculty Development, Educational Change, School Districts
Speroni, Cecilia – National Center for Postsecondary Research, 2011
Advanced Placement (AP) and Dual Enrollment (DE) are two programs that allow high school students to earn college credits. The recent growth of these programs has been unprecedented. However, there is little evidence that compares how they fare in terms of improving college access and success. Using data from two cohorts of all high school…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, College Credits, Dual Enrollment, High School Students
Etkina, Eugenia; Matilsky, Terry; Lawrence, Michael – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2003
The Rutgers Astrophysics Institute is a program in which gifted high school students learn about contemporary science and its methods, and conduct independent authentic research using real-time data. The students use the processes of science to acquire knowledge, and serve as cognitive apprentices to an expert astrophysicist. A variety of…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, High School Students, Physics, Talent Development
