scholarly journals Pathways to an Elite Education: Application, Admission, and Matriculation to New York City's Specialized High Schools

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 256-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Patrick Corcoran ◽  
E. Christine Baker-Smith
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Middle School ◽  
New York ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Alternative Measures ◽  
History Of ◽  
Talented Students ◽  
School Differences

New York City's public specialized high schools have a long history of offering a rigorous, college preparatory education to the city's most academically talented students. Though immensely popular and highly selective, their policy of admitting students using a single entrance exam has raised questions about diversity and equity in access. In this paper, we provide a descriptive analysis of the “pipeline” from middle school to matriculation at a specialized high school, identifying group-level differences in application, admission, and enrollment. In doing so, we highlight potential points of intervention to improve access for underrepresented groups. Controlling for other measures of prior achievement, we find black, Hispanic, low-income, and female students are significantly less likely to qualify for admission to a specialized high school. Differences in application and matriculation rates also affect the diversity in these schools, and we find evidence of middle school “effects” on both application and admission. Simulated policies that offer admissions using alternative measures, such as state test scores and grades, suggest many more girls, Hispanics, and white students would be admitted under these alternatives. They would not, however, appreciably increase the share of offers given to black or low-income students.

¡Sí se Puede en Colaboración! Increasing College Placement Rates of Low-income Students

2011 ◽  
Vol 113 (7) ◽  
pp. 1435-1476
Author(s):  
Matthew Militello ◽  
Jason Schweid ◽  
John Carey
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High Schools ◽  
College Readiness ◽  
Low Income ◽  
The United States ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Low Income Students ◽  
College Board ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
College Application

Background/Context Today we have moved from the debate of student opportunity to post-secondary educational setting to 100% access. That is, today's high school settings have been charged with preparing “college ready” graduates. Educational policy has leveraged mandates and sanctions as a mechanism to improve college placement rates, especially in high schools with a high percentage of low-income students. However, little empirical evidence exists to assist us in understanding how college readiness is actualized for low-income students. Focus of Study The purpose of this study was to identify specific strategies that schools employ to raise college application and attendance rates for low-income students. Research Design This study investigated 18 College Board Inspiration Award winning or honorable mention high schools across the United States. Phone interviews with all 18 schools informed the selection of five case study high schools. Data collection included interviews and observations with high school educators, parents, students, and other community members. Findings In this study, we describe evidence within and across the five case schools using a framework that was generated from the first phase of this study. These schools effectively improved college readiness by developing collaborative practices around: (1) Program Management, (2) External Partnerships, (3) Leadership, (4) College-focused Intervention Strategies, (5) Achievement-oriented School Culture, (6) Parental Outreach, (7) Systemic, Multileveled Intervention Strategies, (8) Use of Data, (9) Development and Implementation of Inclusive School Policies, and (10) Routinizing or Offloading Routine or Mundane Tasks. Conclusions/Implications This study operationalizes what effective practices look like in high schools with low-income students. The findings move beyond normative models to be implemented across sites to illustrations of exemplar practices that can guide collaborative efforts to enact the specific tasks necessary to improve college readiness for students.

NYC Selective Specialized Public High Schools and Honors College STEM Degrees: A Previously Unexplored Relationship

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 304-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pessy J. Sloan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
New York ◽  
High Schools ◽  
College Graduates ◽  
Public High Schools ◽  
Public High School ◽  
Honors College ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the relationship between attending one of the nine New York City (NYC) selective specialized public high schools and graduating from an honors college with a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) degree, compared with honors college graduates who attended any other high school. A causal-comparative study design was applied. The participants consisted of 1,647 graduates from seven honors colleges, from 2011 to 2015, in the northeastern United States. Of the 1,647 graduates, 482 students graduated from NYC selective specialized public high schools and 1,165 students graduated from other high schools. The study found a significant difference ( p < .05) between the two groups. A larger percentage of NYC selective specialized public high schools graduated with a STEM degree from an honors college than students from other high schools. These results support the positive relationship between attending a NYC selective specialized public high school and graduating with a STEM degree from an honors college. Results and implications are discussed.

scholarly journals The Utilization Of Historical Materials Of The Dutch Age Of Oil Exploration In Cepu In Historical Study At Smk Migas Cepu

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 132
Author(s):  
Fitriah Hanim ◽  
Djono Djono ◽  
Susanto Susanto
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Historical Study ◽  
Oil Exploration ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
School Students ◽  
History Learning ◽  
History Of ◽  
Vocational High Schools

<p><em>History learning in Senior High Schools and Vocational High Schools is carried out almost the same, both obtaining mandatory history with the aim of studying the history of the nation. Meanwhile, studying history in Senior High Schools contains additional material for the history of specialization. The existence of differences in environment, meaning and purpose makes students less interested and meaningful in learning which results in history learning running less optimally. For this reason, this paper aims to make historical learning relevant to the learning field of Vocational Middle School students, one of which is by utilizing local material in areas close to the environment and even the vocational school. One of them is the use of local materials for the Cepu Oil and Gas Vocational Middle School students, namely the history of Dutch oil exploration in Cepu. This study uses a literature study research method, the authors use a humanistic approach to analyze the relevance of learning materials to the learning environment and the interests or vocational of students. The focus of this research is on discussing history learning in Vocational High Schools and the use of historical material on Dutch oil exploration in Cepu as a learning resource. So that studying history will be relevant and meaningful in accordance with the vocational.</em></p>

Early Birds: An Exploration of Early College Initiative High Schools in New York City and College Persistence

2020 ◽  
pp. 152102512092478
Author(s):  
Tolani A. Britton ◽  
Millie O. Symns ◽  
Vanessa Paul
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
High Schools ◽  
York City ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
College Persistence ◽  
Early College ◽  
Behavioral Risk ◽  
College Credit

The Early College Initiative (ECI) high schools in New York City provide opportunities to take college-credit courses up to the equivalent of an associate’s degree while in high school. In this study, we measure the association between attending an ECI high school and college persistence. Our sample is the 3,271 students who graduated from New York City public high schools in the ECI network between Fall 2006 and Fall 2013 and enrolled in college. We use survival analysis to measure the relationship between demographic, academic, and behavioral risk factors and persistence of ECI graduates. We find that Black and Latinx students are as likely as White students to persist, when both high school achievement and behavioral factors, such as attendance, are taken into account. Differences in persistence do exist by gender with young women more likely to persist when compared with young men. This study provides empirical evidence that attending early college high schools has the potential to narrow racial and ethnic gaps in postsecondary outcomes.

Latin by the Mason Gray Method

1934 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 35-39
Author(s):  
C. McEvoy
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
New York ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High Schools ◽  
New Approaches

One of the most recent of the new approaches to the study of Latin is associated with the name of Mason Gray. Mason Gray was Director of Ancient Languages in the East High School and in Junior High Schools, Rochester, N.Y. His theory is expounded in The Teaching of Latin (D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1929, 8s. 6d.) and finds practical expression in Latin for To-day, Parts I and II (Ginn & Company, London, 1932, 1933, 3s. 6d. and 4s. 6d.).

Book Review: Commerce in High Schools

1933 ◽  
Vol 116 (14) ◽  
pp. 376-376
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
New York ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Harvard University ◽  
School Of Education

“COMMERCIAL EDUCATION IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.” By Frederick G. Nichols, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University. Cloth. 514 pages. New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc.

Editorials: New Syllabus in Mathematics for New York City Junior High Schools

1939 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 136
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
High Schools ◽  
York City ◽  
Traditional Method ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High Schools ◽  
Entire System ◽  
High School Mathematics

The New York City junior high schools are going to break away from the traditional method of teaching junjor high school mathematics. Beginning at once the new mathematics will be tried experimentally in the 7A grades in twenty-five junior high schools. It will be extended to the entire system in the Autumn. According to the New York Times of Saturday February 25th

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