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Kids are ditching traditional college for career tech programs. Parents are concerned.
Parents tend to favor traditional four-year colleges over non-degree career paths, according to a new survey from nonprofit American Student Assistance. Financial concerns and a desire for hands-on ...
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Noyo High School earns Model Continuation High School Award
According to Principal Gary Lewis, Noyo High School “has been on a journey” to remake itself, a goal Lewis describes as we really tried to shift what alternative education looks like in Fort Bragg. It ...
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What’s Right with Schools: Beacon Falls high school offers unique programs for students
BEACON FALLS, Conn. (WTNH) — It’s an exciting year in the valley. A high school is celebrating a big honor as it makes moves to offer more unique programming for students. The hallways are an ...
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University of California faculty to consider its own high school ethnic studies mandate
School districts are looking to the May revision of the state budget to learn if Gov. Gavin Newsom will press ahead with a mandate to offer a high school ... that UC regents not wait for state ...
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I attended the Beacon School, one of New York City’s most competitive public high schools. The experience was both stressful and inspiring.
In many ways, the Beacon School is a New York City public high school like any other ... the students are exempt from most New York State Regents exams, so we didn’t waste time with scantrons ...
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Beacon High School Faces Leadership Crisis Amid Special Education Failures and Community Divisions
How the school fell so short in accommodating students in special education — and who is to blame — is at the heart of a crisis that has been roiling the Manhattan high school ... to remove the ...
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A crisis over special education at NYC’s Beacon High School erupts in calls for new leadership
Parent after parent took the mic at a public meeting in Manhattan last month, painting a dire picture of the state of special education at Beacon High School ... than the Regents exams used ...
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N.Y. to phase out Regents exams as high school graduation requirement by 2027
The Class of 2027 is expected to be the last in New York who need to pass Regents exams to earn a high school diploma ... and portfolios as among the alternative ways students can demonstrate ...
The Inlander12mon
Fashion design students rock the runway, demonstrating that Innovation High School remains a beacon for arts-based education in Spokane
As a free public charter school in Washington, Innovation High School operates as a type of alternative education for the more arts-focused students in the region. "We're really an arts-focused ...
Alaska Beacon1y
Fairbanks Catholic high school sues Alaska’s sport regulators, seeking new basketball division
ASAA is a voluntary organization, but if Monroe were to drop out, there’s no alternative, Roberts said. That forced the new filing, she said. State board postpones vote on rule barring transgender ...
Staten Island Advance1y
N.Y. will no longer require Regents exams for a high school diploma under proposed changes
This means students will not longer need to pass the Regents exams or a +1 Pathway Assessment in order to graduate from high school. Regents exams will still be available as one of the measures ...
The Gazette1y
Regent questions criticism of ‘Classic Learning Test’ as alternative to ACT, SAT
AMES — Iowa’s Board of Regents is not ready to include in its ... ACT composite score and number of years of approved high school courses to calculate a score for applicants to the University ...