New Option For Johnston Students
[Dunn, NC] The Daily Record, 2007-12-26
“A new option for high school students could begin in Johnston County as early as next fall, allowing teens to earn both a high school diploma and an associate degree in just five years.”

TEA Gives $4.2 Million to Create New Schools
[Austin, TX] KVUE- TV, 2007-12-22
“The state’s awarded $4.2 million to Texas school districts to create three specialized academies and seven Early College High Schools.”

TEA Gives $4.2 Million to Create New Schools
[Tyler, TX] KLTV, 2007-12-22
“The state’s awarded $4.2 million to Texas school districts to create three specialized academies and seven Early College High Schools.”

$4.2 Million in Grants Awarded to Create T-STEM Academies, Early College High Schools
North Texas e-News, 2007-12-21
“The Texas Education Agency has awarded $4.2 million in grants to establish three new Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (TSTEM) Academies and seven new Early College High Schools (ECHS) throughout Early College High Schools are innovative high schools that allow students who may not otherwise consider attending college an opportunity to earn a high school diploma and two years of college credit.”

UNM, Jemez Pueblo Partner to Create Early College for Native youth
[Albuquerque, NM] UNM Today, 2007-12-20
“UNM’s Department of Native American Studies is partnering with Walatowa High Charter School in Jemez Pueblo and the Seattle-based Center for Native Education to develop dual enrollment opportunities for Native students.”

WCCS Students Write The Songs of Selma
The Selma [AL] Times-Journal, 2007-12-16
“There is a lot to be said for the value of a pair of fresh eyes, especially in regard to literature.”

Fate of Early College Remains in Limbo
[Americus, GA] Mineral Wells Index, 2007-12-14
“Early College is still a major controversy in progress.”

Egyptian Educators Visit Early College
Charlotte [NC] Observer, 2007-12-13
“A group of 21 Egyptian educators visited Caldwell County Early College High School on Dec. 6 to interact with administrators, teachers, students and parents.”

Early College High School Program Discussed
Shelby [NC] Star, 2007-12-12
“A lot of decision-makers were gathered on Cleveland Community College’s campus Wednesday. The Cleveland County Board of Commissioners, Board of Education and Cleveland Community College’s Board of Trustees met to discuss the progress of the proposed Early College High School.”

Johnston to Set up Early College Program
[Raleigh, NC] News & Observer, 2007-12-12
“The Johnston school board approved a plan Tuesday to open an Early College High School at Johnston Community College.”

Colleges Set up Charters as Pipeline for Students
The Sacramento [CA] Bee, 2007-12-09
“Frustrated with students who come to college ill-prepared and an applicant pool that lacks the diversity of the nation’s high schools, universities around the country are creating their own K-12 schools.”

STLCC Receives Gateway to College Grant
St. Louis [MO] Dispatch, 2007-12-06
“St. Louis Community College has received a $350,000 startup grant to become a Gateway to College replication site, a national drop-out recovery model developed by Portland Community College in Oregon.”

CSM Offers High School Students Chance to Excel via Dual, Concurrent Enrollment Programs
Southern Maryland Online, 2007-12-03
“Community colleges are finding a niche with a younger crowd these days.”

KC School District Faces a Tough Task in Reopening Southwest High School
Kansas City [MO] Star, 2007-12-02
“Rarely has one school been asked to do so much for so many. But when that school is Kansas City’s closed Southwest High School, with its charged history and iconic status, the stakes of reopening are high.”

Timeline Established for Opening New School
Washington [NC] Daily News, 2007-12-02
“A tentative timeline for the creation of a new high school in Beaufort County was put forth by a committee of community, civic and educational leaders at Beaufort County Community College this week.”

N.C.’s 2-Year Colleges Must Admit Illegal Immigrants
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007-12-01
“All 58 campuses of North Carolina’s community-college system must admit illegal immigrants, a lawyer for the system has said, overturning a policy of allowing the campuses to decide individually whether to consider applicants’ immigration status.” (registration required)

Colleges Entice At-Risk Students
[Springfield, MA] The Republican, 2007-12-01
“Holyoke and Springfield educators yesterday at Holyoke Community College announced the adoption of a new program that will work with up to 350 of their city’s youths who have dropped out of school or are at risk for dropping out of school.”

Three Houston Schools Make Magazine’s Top List
Houston [TX] Chronicle, 2007-11-30
“Three Houston high schools are ranked among the nation’s top 100 in a list released today by U.S. News & World Report.”

Early College Program Seeks Students Collaboration Between UA, Akron Public Schools Awards High Schoolers Credit Toward College Degree
Akron [OH] Beacon Journal, 2007-11-29
“The University of Akron will begin recruitment for its 2008-09 Early College High School program in January. Information sessions will be held at 10 area middle schools beginning Jan. 8.”

Mentors Put Focus on Careers
The Rocky Mount [NC] Telegram, 2007-11-29
“When the Rev. Dr. Ronn McCracken signed on to be a high school mentor, he was just looking to be a positive influence for students.”

Dual-Enrollment Proposal in NY Faces Fiscal Hurdle
Education Week, [Bethesda, MD], 2007-11-21
“The New York state board of regents’ proposal for a new, $100 million dual-enrollment grant program aimed at giving at least 12,000 disadvantaged students a leg up for college may end up competing for a share of state education aid, amid a fiscal climate cooled by recent volatility on Wall Street.”

Local H.S. Dropouts Get New Start
RNews, [Rochester, NY], 2007-11-19
“Monroe Community College is helping to put hundreds of local high school dropouts on the fast track to earning a college degree.”

Gates Funds Go to 4 Schools
[Chapel Hill, NC] The Daily Tar Heel, 2007-11-19
“The latest Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation effort to improve N.C. education could put four state high schools on the fast track to model how schools can engage the state’s students and encourage them to pursue higher education.”

Program exposes students early to potential careers
Charlotte Observer, 2007-11-15
“Tyler Herman used to describe himself as a picky eater who avoided trying new foods. Now he's an aspiring chef who works at Conover's fine dining restaurant, Café Rendezvous. A junior at Challenger Early College High School, Herman completed a personality test at school designed to identify the kind of career he might enjoy most.”

Four High Schools to Be High Profile
Raleigh (NC) News & Observer, 2007-11-10
“The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is granting $2.5 million to develop four North Carolina high schools into models of student achievement.”

Charting a New Course: Valley Charter High Offers an Alternative to Traditional Education
Modesto [CA] Bee, 2007-11-01
“At traditional high schools, amid distractions and large classes, some students falter.”

Campus Connections: New Ways to Nurture Native Intelligence
Lumina Foundation Focus, 2007-11-01
“That fundamental idea—of looking out for others—is certainly nothing new to Austin Littlesun. Growing up on a Montana Indian reservation in the 1960s, he was steeped in the traditions of community and connection that still define his Northern Cheyenne heritage. Unfortunately, a college education wasn’t among those traditions. . . . To understand why Littlesun and others on the campus of Olympic College in Shelton, Wash., are bursting with pride at his accomplishment, a history lesson is in order.”

High School Students Get Started on College Careers
Savannah {GA] Morning News, 2007-10-31
“In one afternoon, Heather Lee went from a schoolgirl at Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools to a full-fledged college student.”

Governor to Bet Billions on SUNY
The [NY] Sun, 2007-10-30
“The final recommendations are likely to resemble a expanded vision of CUNY’s College Now program, which is a partnership between the city university system and New York City public schools that offers high school students remedial to advanced placement courses, and the “early college” small high schools in New York City established by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.”

Program to Deter High School Dropouts by Offering College Courses Is Approved
New York Times, 2007-10-24
“Trying to improve New York’s high school graduation rates, state education officials are proposing to place 12,000 potential dropouts a year in college classes while they are still in high school.”

Early College Advantage
Winston-Salem Journal, 2007-10-18
“An ‘early college’ program could be just what Forsyth County needs.”

NAYA Early College Academy Fulfills Dreams
Indian Country Today, 2007-10-17
“The Portland Native American Youth and Family Center celebrated the opening of its Early College Academy in September.”

School Reform Commission to Vote on Eastern University’s Charter for an Innovative Gates-Funded High School
PRNewswire, 2007-10-17
“Eastern University will open a unique high school—the only Philadelphia high school to date with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation—for underserved students, pending approval this month from the Philadelphia School Reform Commission.”

KnowledgeWorks Foundation Gives High School Reform a Human Face
PR Newswire (press release, 2007-10-11
“Six Early College High Schools exceeded state averages on all portions of the OGT, some by substantial margins."

High School Students Operate Cranes, Bulldozers
WWAY, [Wilmington, NC], 2007-10-09
“It’s not every day high school students get to operate cranes and bulldozers.”

Early (Encouraging) Data on Early Colleges
Inside Higher Ed, 2007-10-05
“The ‘early college’ concept—an outgrowth of the ‘middle college’ concept—is based on the idea that proximity matters....Research presented in Washington Thursday suggests that the early college approach may be achieving substantial gains for students who participate.”

Stanly Early College Already Looking at Next School year
Stanly [NC] News and Press, 2007-10-02
“Now well into its second year, Stanly Early College High School (SEC) is looking to recruit a new class of 50 freshmen for the 2008-2009 school year.”

YEC Looks to Get the Word Out about Aid: The School Is Seeking Some Scholarship Help for its First Graduating Class.
[Youngstown, OH] Vindicator, 2007-10-01
“There are 44 seniors set to graduate from Youngstown Early College next spring.”

Making the Grade: Yurok Indian Geneva Wiki Is Helping Other Young Native Americans “Develop Their Best Selves”
Smithsonian Magazine, 2007-10-01
“GenevaWiki is fighting the flu. ‘You’re seeing me at only about 75 percent of my normal energy,’ says the director of the Klamath River Early College of the Redwoods, in Klamath, California. It’s a formidable 75 percent.”

New Currituck High School Will Offer College Credits
Virginian Pilot, 2007-09-30
“Currituck High School senior Bethany Holk sat in front of her classroom computer, earphones on, listening to a professor’s online lecture about the nervous system.”

New Hanover County Awards “Teacher of the Year”
WWAY, [Wilmington, NC], 2007-09-27
“One teacher’s passion for her work has earned her the respect of her students and one of the county’s highest honors for educators.”

No Native Left Behind: Inside the Innovative School Bringing College to Klamath
North Coast Journal (OR), 2007-09-20
“Injustice. That’s what Geneva Wiki and her family have been fighting against for as long as she can remember.”

Mom, Daughter Team Up at College
[NC] Star News Online, 2007-09-19
“ For Cici and Sharon Gavrila, mother-daughter time these days is as much about hitting the books as hitting the mall.”

Native American School Opens Door to New Lives: Identity—The Early College Aims to Counter 100 Years of Often-unsuccessful Educational Assimilation
Portland Oregonian, 2007-09-15
“It was just a whisper on hopeful lips 30 years ago. But Friday, the county’s Native American community gathered in North Portland to pray and give thanks for a dream realized: a high school run by Native people, taught by Native teachers, for Native students.”

County School’s Score at Top in State
Stanly (NC) News and Press, 2007-09-09
“High Growth reached seven schools in the 2006-2007 school year, meaning 60 percent or more of individual students in those schools made expected growth.”

Early College High School Broadens Students’ Horizons: 57 Percent of Seniors on Track to Earn Two-year Degrees
The Selma [AL] Times-Journal, 2007-09-01
“Pajola Tarver was taking her time making her way to her calculus class Friday afternoon on the campus of Wallace Community College Selma.”

High School Offers Diplomas—and College Degrees
News 10, [Sacramento, CA], 2007-08-31
“The number of students graduating from high school having completed the necessary classes to attend a state university has been called abysmal.”

COC East’s Second Opening
The [Santa Clarita, CA] Signal, 2007-08-30
“Administrators rolled out the red carpet for students attending the new Early College High School as they moved to their new campus site at College of the Canyons East on Wednesday.”

Board Assesses Early College High School Program
THE SELMA [AL] TIMES-JOURNAL, 2007-08-29
“In its fourth year, the kinks in the Selma Early College High School are still being worked out, as the program prepares to graduate its first class.”

Underserved West Sacramento Students Get a New “Early College” Schoolhttp://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=8276
UC Davis News, 2007-08-29
“Hoping to give underserved kids a head-start on college, UC Davis has joined with Sacramento City College and the Washington Unified School District in West Sacramento to launch an innovative charter school.”

North Carolina Governor Easley Announces New Learn And Earn Schools In Nine Counties
All American Patriots, 2007-08-28
“North Carolina Governor Mike Easley today announced that the newest Learn and Earn early college high schools in the state are now open in nine communities.”

COC Celebrates New Canyon Country Campus
KHTS, [Canyon City, CA], 2007-08-27
“3,000 students jump at the chance to take east side classes.”

Early College Program to Continue
Canton [OH] Repository, 2007-08-27
“Canton City Schools will continue the Early College High School program this school year with more than 200 students.”

UT High School in Third Year, Still Going Strong
Independent Collegian, [Toledo, OH], 2007-08-27
“The Toledo Early College High School’s third year is underway at UT’s Scott Park Campus.”

Carolina Diaries: College Kid
WWAY, [Wilmington, NC], 2007-08-27
“Alyssa Cruz is 15 years old. As you’d expect, she’s a student. What you might not expect is where she goes to school.” Click here for Video version

Educational Gates: Foundation Money Brings New Kinds of Academies to Three High Schools
Winston-Salem Journal, 2007-08-26
“Nicole Piggott, the principal of the Jacket Integrated Academy at Carver High School, talks about the new school year with sophomore Joseph Phillips (left), 15, and his mother, Terri Phillips, of Kernersville.”

Early College High Showcased
Wilmington [NC] Star, 2007-08-22
“The Kiwanis Club of Topsail Island heard an update on the progress of the Pender Early College High School, which is starting its second year of operating.”

Schools Perform Well in State Test
The Grass Velley [CA] Union, 2007-08-21
“Ghidotti Early College High School emerged with stellar grades in English-language arts in the California Standardized Tests.”

Toledo Public Schools Will Drop to “Academic Watch” Status
Toledo [OH] Blade, 2007-08-14
“‘The improvements at our Early College High School and at three of our small schools at Libbey and Scott really shows the importance of innovation,’ Mr. Steel said.”

A Taste of College: Davie Program Gives Students Extra Incentives
Winston-Salem Journal, 2007-08-13
“It was controlled chaos Friday at Davie County Early College High School, with more than 50 students standing in four circles in a classroom at Davidson County Community College’s Davie Campus.”

Ohio Should Build on its Early-college Option—An Editorial
Cleveland Plain Dealer, 2007-08-10
“A state struggling to increase its number of college-educated residents can’t afford to neglect any viable option.”

“On the Cutting Edge” of High School Instruction
Tryon [NC] Daily Bulletin, 2007-08-08
“Even though she loved her previous job, Barbara Fedock says she couldn’t pass up the chance to be on the leading edge of high school instruction.”

Early College Rises Again in Elyria
The[Elyria, OH] Chronicle-Telegram, 2007-08-06
“What would high school be without wedgies, prom and a steady diet of square pizza? Some would call it college.”

Early College Doubles Size in One Year: Program for Students to Earn Two Years of College Starts this Week
Charlotte Observer, 2007-08-05
“Union County Early College’s second year kicks off this week with the school’s first sophomore class and a student body more than twice the size of last year’s.”

Polk’s Virtual Early College Set to Begin
Tryon [NC] Daily Bulletin, 2007-07-24
“Less than four years from now some Polk County High students may be graduating with not only their high school diploma, but half their college degree completed.”

KnowledgeWorks Foundation Report Finds Promise and Problems in Ohio’s Early College Access Policy
Earth Times, 2007-07-24
“KnowledgeWorks Foundation released a report today that for the first time assesses Ohio’s Post Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) policy, adopted 18 years ago to provide early college access to high school students and recently expanded by the state assembly.”

Partnerships Make Schools Better
Fayetteville [NC] Observer, 2007-07-19
“Recognized by Gov. Mike Easley, the Cross Creek Early College High School became a reality because of the partnership between the county schools and FSU.”

RCC’s Summer Enrollment Surges
[Lumberton, NC] Robesonian, 2007-07-16
“Summer enrollment at Robeson Community College has nearly doubled in a year’s time from about 500 students in 2006 to nearly 1,000 in 2007. The Early College High School Program, designed for Robeson County public high school students, is keeping up with the pace.”

Youngstown Early College Gets New Dean
[Youngstown, OH] Vindicator, 2007-07-12
“Youngstown Early College is getting a new dean.”

Celebrating the Class of 2007 in New and Redesigned High Schools
AllAmerican Patriots, 2007-07-03
“SEATTLE—Faced with an alarming national dropout crisis and widening achievement gap, a growing number of educators, school leaders, and policymakers have focused their attention on high schools, replacing failing campuses with more innovative, high-quality options.”

A Different Kind of Education for Early College Students
WTVM9, 2007-07-01
“For Sumter County student Alison Carter, regular public school just wasn’t cutting it.”

New York City Principals Choose School Support
New York City Principals Choose School Support, 2007-06-28
“City University of New York, an Early College High School Initiative partner, was one of eleven organizations selected by New York City principals to be School Support Organizations. These are organizations that the principals have determined will help their students succeed.”

Hope High: Downtown Charter School Graduates Its First Senior Class
Los Angeles (CA) Downtown News, 2007-06-28
“Nestled in the Financial District, CALS Early College High School has for the past four years been an unusual learning experiment in an even more unlikely location. This week, the charter school hits a milestone, as it graduates its first class of seniors.”

Y-town Early College Program Has Kinks, Analyst Says
Youngstown (TN) Vindicator, 2007-06-21
“The Youngstown Early College Program needs some changes after three years in operation, according to a private consultant commissioned by Youngstown State University.”

Early College High School Programs Causing Some Teachers to Go Back to School
The (McAllen, TX) Monitor, 2007-06-18
“High school teachers are rushing back to graduate school to keep ahead of students who are getting college degrees as they finish high school.”

Early College High School to Get New Home
Houston Business Journal, 2007-06-18
“A high school established with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and designed for students with academic potential, has found a new home. The Houston Community College Board of Trustees approved leasing land to Houston ISD for a permanent home for East Early College High School.”

Conference Examines Ingredients for Student Success in College
University of Connecticut Advance, 2007-06-16
“Elementary schools, high schools, colleges, and policy makers will have to work together to ensure that more students make a successful transition from high school to college. That’s the word from Michael Collins, program director at Jobs for the Future, a nonprofit research, consulting, and advocacy organization.”

The True Test For The Class of 2007
Raleigh (NC) News & Observer, 2007-06-15
“A decade ago, the N.C. Supreme Court made clear in the Leandro decision that the true test of the ‘sound basic education’ guaranteed every child by our State Constitution will not be whether students can pass end of course exams. The test will be whether they can compete and earn in the real world they enter after high school.”

Technical High School Prepares for Opening
Savannah (GA) Morning News, 2007-06-13
“The district is . . . using a $415,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to operate an Early College Program for underrepresented college students at Woodville-Tompkins.”

Schedule Developed to Help Boost Sealy Campus Attendance
The Brenham (TX) Banner-Press, 2007-06-13
“The Blinn College board Tuesday evening acted to include the school in a grant-funded early college program to be housed at Bryan ISD.”

Siletz Celebrates First High School Graduation Since 1982
Newport (OR) News-Times, 2007-06-13
“In the end, everything fell into place, and the founders of Siletz Valley Early College Academy reached another major milestone by bidding a fond farewell to the first class to graduate from the Siletz school in 25 years.”

New Bryan High School Gets a Name
The Bryan-College Station (TX) Eagle, 2007-06-12
“Bryan Collegiate High School will open its doors this fall to 100 freshmen enrolled in the district’s early college high school program.”

Progreso ISD Officially Kicks Off New Early College Program
The McAllen (TX) Monitor, 2007-06-11
“A parent and student orientation this past week marked the beginning of the Progreso Early College High School Academy.”

Ohio School Fears Cuts Will Rewrite Its Success Story
Lakeland (OH) Magazine, 2007-06-10
This article, which appeared originally in the New York Times on June 1, describes the success of Ohio’s Dayton Early College Academy, where the 32 students who graduated were mostly from low-income families, and few of their parents had gone to college.

Sinclair Graduates Graduated from High School Last Week
Earthtimes.org, 2007-06-09
“Seven graduates accepting their diplomas from Sinclair Community College tonight stand out from their classmates receiving associate's degrees in one significant way: They graduated from high school only 10 days ago.”

Governor Announces Statewide Education Policy Named 21st Century
Lincoln (NC) Tribune, 2007-06-08
“Gov. Mike Easley announced today that North Carolina’s education policy on 21st century skills has been named a ‘Practice of the Year’ by a national education advocacy group. The award was presented at the Partnership for 21st Century Skills annual best practices meeting in Charleston, West Virginia.”

Ahead of the Game
Eureka (OR) Reporter, 2007-06-04
“Klamath River Early College of the Redwoods, an early college high school located in the rural community of Klamath, is only two years old, but it is already fully accredited. On May 7, the school received official accreditation—a year ahead of when administrators expected it.”

Meeting Their Potential
Wilmington (NC) Star-News, 2007-05-30
“Burgaw College is a place no one in Dylan Grainger's family has ever found themselves. His father dropped out of high school to work as a foreman and raise his kids. . . . For him, enrolling in Pender Early College High School was the only way to make that happen.”

Student Finished High School, Davidson County Community College in the Same Week
Lexington (NC) Dispatch, 2007-05-26
“Alyson Anderson was one of Patrick Mingus’ students in an AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) seminar at Davidson Early College High School. ‘But she didn't need that,’ Mingus said. She was already determined.”

Student Successes Are Evidence that DECA Program Works
Dayton (OH) Daily News, 2007-05-23
“The college acceptance letters and scholarship offers plastered on the walls of the Dayton Early College Academy send a clear message to students: You will go to college. ‘We don’t allow the students to fail here,’ said DECA Principal Judy Hennessey.”

Stepping Up
Eureka (OR) Reporter, 2007-05-19
“Transitioning from high school to college can be difficult for an 18-year-old who may be setting off on his or her own for the first time. But the transition can be even more challenging for a 14-year-old adjusting to the social and academic undergraduate environment as a freshman in high school.”

New High School Opens in Wilmington
WWAY-TV (Wilmington, NC), 2007-05-16
“Summer is almost here, but Monday was the first day of class at a new high school in Wilmington. Ninety-three freshmen cut the ribbon on the Isaac Bear Early College High School at the south edge of the UNCW campus.”

Easley Tells of Efforts to Curb Dropouts
Winston-Salem (NC) Journal, 2007-05-10
“Gov. Mike Easley, speaking before a national conference on high-school dropouts yesterday, told education advocates that ensuring that students graduate is a lot like running a department store: If people aren’t buying the product, you need to change it.”

Stanly County School Wins National Award
Independent Tribune (Concord, NC), 2007-05-08
“Stanly County Schools has won the prestigious Magna Award, a national award from the American School Board Journal and Sodexho School Services for Stanly Early College High School, which targets first generation college students and/or those who might have otherwise dropped out.”

Diploma and College Degree for High Schoolers?
Reidsville (NC) Review, 2007-04-28
“If things go as planned, Rockingham County Schools will join several communities in the state to revolutionize the traditional high school experience. At April's meeting, the Rockingham County school board approved an application for a planning grant to study a possible Learn and Earn Early College High School in the county.”

Washington District Tries Early College School Plan
The Sacramento (CA) Bee, 2007-04-12
“The West Sacramento district has partnered with the University of California, Davis, and Sacramento City College to open a new Early College High School. The school would primarily serve students in the district who have barriers to college, officials said.”

Atlanta Schools Get $10.5 Million
WXIA-TV (Atlanta, GA), 2007-04-04
“Atlanta Public Schools is getting more than $10.5 million dollars to completely transform two of its low-performing high schools. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation wants to see more large schools turned into smaller learning academies.”

Akron Students Get College Head Start
Akron (OH) Beacon Journal, 2007-04-01
“As many as 100 Akron high school freshmen will attend the University of Akron this fall with the hope of getting both a high school diploma and an associate degree in four years.”

Tucson Schools Named “Best in Class”
Tucson (AZ) Citizen, 2007-03-26
Luz-Guererro Early College was one of three schools to receive the Best in Class award, determined by a study conducted by Arizona State University, the Arizona Department of Education, and Prism Decision Systems LLC.

Helping Dropouts Break the Cycle of Poverty
National Public Radio, 2007-03-20
“If you come from a poor family, you are more likely to drop out of high school. And if you drop out and stay out of high school, you are more likely to be poor. In Portland, Ore., one program is designed to break this cycle by helping dropouts finish their education.” The program highlighted in this NPR story is Portland Community College’s Gateway to College.

Helping Dropouts Break the Cycle of Poverty
National Public Radio, 2007-03-20
“If you come from a poor family, you are more likely to drop out of high school. And if you drop out and stay out of high school, you are more likely to be poor. In Portland, Ore., one program is designed to break this cycle by helping dropouts finish their education.” The program highlighted in this NPR story is Portland Community College’s Gateway to College.

Program Helps Young Women Become What They Want: Become X Offers a Different Path for Students Who Want to Grow, Conquer Challenges
The Beaverton Valley [OR] Times, 2007-02-08
Melissa Rico vividly recalls attending last spring's graduation ceremony for the Become X program. . . . "At that point, my self-confidence and self-esteem was really low because I wasn't graduating from high school," said Rico, who also is enrolled in the Beaverton School District's Early College High School at Portland Community College's Rock Creek Campus.

Tribe's Poverty Turns Hearts in Sacramento
Sacramento Bee (plus 13 other McClatchy Newspapers nationally), 2007-02-05
The Yuroks have faced far greater challenges over the years than the opposition of some rich Southern California tribes to the financial terms of a tiny roadside casino... More than half of the reservation residents of California's largest and poorest tribe live without electricity or phone service on ancestral lands hugging steep canyons of the Lower Klamath River in far Northern California.

Congress Should Help Students Get Through College
Modesto [CA] Bee, 2007-02-04
Last month, the House of Representatives, under the leadership of the Democrats, approved legislation to cut student loan interest rates by half over a five-year period. . . . Why not provide funds for early college high school programs?

Educated Work Force Vital to State's Future Economic Prosperity
Midland [TX] Reporter Telegram, 2007-02-03
The importance of education beyond the high school level is becoming more and more apparent, and thousands of young people across Texas and the nation are anxiously awaiting news of their applications to various colleges and universities.

Early College High School Set with Judson District
[Alamo Community College District] Ranger, 2007-02-02
Board members of Judson School District and Beth Lewis, vice president of Northeast Lakeview College, traveled to Challenge High School in Houston earlier this month to observe how better to undertake the opening of Alamo Community College District's Early College partnership with the school.

Carver High Students Begin College Early
The [Atlanta] Story Group, 2007-01-26
While many students are focused on taking the SAT, maintaining their grade point averages and working on obtaining recommendation writers for college applications, students at Carver High School in south Atlanta have already begun their studies at Georgia State University through a collaborative program between the Board of Regents, Atlanta Public Schools, and Georgia State University.

National Governors Association Visits GCSU Early College
WMGT-TV News, 2007-01-26
Today visitors from states involved in the National Governors Association Honor States Program—particularly lawmakers from Delaware, Virginia, Maine and Michigan—were among 55 state policy leaders visiting Georgia College.

Hart District's Early College High School Shaping Up
[Santa Clarita Valley, CA] Signal, 2007-01-21
The first early college high school in the Hart district is taking shape, and its purpose, mission and setting has become less of a hypothetical and more of a near-future reality, according to a demonstration given at a board meeting Wednesday night.

Degrees Within Reach: Early College High Schools Recruiting Next Freshman Classes
Wilmington [NC] Star-News, 2007-01-17
For Karina Hernandez, the choice was pretty clear: Go to high school and graduate with little chance or opportunity to attend college, or go to the new Pender Early College High School and graduate in five years with a high school diploma and an associate degree, well on her way to achieving her dream of becoming a lawyer.

A Shot at a Diploma and College Credits
The [Raleigh] News & Observer, 2007-01-17
Pablo Soto wants to be the first person in his family to go to college. Pablo's college ambitions are financially daunting for someone whose father works as a laborer and whose mom stays home to raise his younger siblings.

Davie Panel to Get Plan: Schools to Ask for $583,201 for Early College Program
Winston-Salem [NC] Journal, 2007-01-16
Davie County students who are in the ninth grade could get a chance to graduate in four or five years with a high-school diploma and an associate degree from Davidson County Community College under a program that officials with Davie County Schools are proposing.

Teen Blazes Path in the Sky
Greensboro [NC] News-Record, 2007-01-13
Most 16-year-old boys are focused on getting their driver's license, but not R.J. Gritter. . . . Gritter, a 10th-grader at the Early College at Guilford Technical Community College, is shooting higher, literally.

Bryan Schools Get $360,000 Grant
Bryan-College Station Eagle, 2007-01-12
The Bryan school district has received a $360,000 grant from the Texas Education Agency to fund an early College High School.

College Possible in High School
WXIA-TV News (Atlanta), 2007-01-12
The nationwide movement to overhaul the nation's high schools is taking hold in Georgia.


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