Upgrading the High School Math Curriculum: Math Course-Taking Patterns in Seven High Schools in California and New York

1996 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 285-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula A. White ◽  
Adam Gamoran ◽  
John Smithson ◽  
Andrew C. Porter
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
High Schools ◽  
College Preparatory ◽  
Policy Options ◽  
Math Curriculum ◽  
High School Math ◽  
School Initiatives ◽  
Math Students ◽  
Math Preparation ◽  
Partial Success

Previous studies have indicated that students enrolled in the general math track do not take as much math and do not learn as much math as students in college-preparatory math courses ( Gamoran, 1987 ; Oakes, 1985 ; Porter, 1989 ). State, district, and school initiatives in California and New York have been developing mechanisms to address this problem of inequality by creating new transition math courses and eliminating the general math track. This study examines course-taking patterns of students in seven high schools in California and New York that have attempted to enroll lower level math students in more meaningful initial math courses. By examining students’ transcripts, the success of various policy options to upgrade the math curriculum are evaluated. Our data indicate that the new transition math courses meet with partial success in providing a common curriculum to students with diverse math preparation.

CLUSTERING OF HODGKIN'S DISEASE IN SCHOOLS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 422-422
Author(s):  
Robert W. Miller
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Hodgkin's Disease ◽  
Human Cancer ◽  
Hodgkin’S Disease ◽  
Long Island ◽  
National Conference

In high schools of Long Island, New York, it has been found that Hodgkin's disease clustered in the same schools during the first half of a ten-year interval as in the second half, a circumstance unlikely to be due to chance (Vianna, N.J., and Polan, A.K., New Eng. J. Med., 289:499, 1973). In an accompanying editorial, MacMahon urged that confirmation be sought of this observation by other investigators. In a speech at a National Conference on Virology and Immunology in Human Cancer held in New York on November 29, 1973, Pike reported that in Oxford, England, he was unable to confirm the earlier findings of Vianna et al. (Ann. Intern. Med., 77:169, 1973) that Hodgkin's disease under 40 years of age was transmitted through an unaffected person. The proceedings of the symposium will be published in Cancer.

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.

Cooperation between the Eastern New York Section of the A. C. S. and the high schools

1926 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
pp. 1133
Author(s):  
Wheeler P. Davey ◽  
Thomas A. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
High Schools

Unrecognized Legacy

2018 ◽  
pp. 302-310
Author(s):  
Roger R. Tamte
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Heart Attack ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Good Recovery ◽  
Committee Meeting ◽  
General Management ◽  
Preparatory Schools ◽  
Younger Men ◽  
Rules Committee

Camp semiretires from the NHCC in 1923, relinquishing the presidency and general management to younger men and becoming chairman of the board. The change comes after the company experiences strong sales through the war and through 1920, then endures a difficult countrywide recession in 1921 and 1922, before beginning a good recovery in late 1922 and into 1923. Camp dies March 14, 1925, from a sudden heart attack during the night between two sessions of a New York rules-committee meeting. As a Camp memorial, Yale Field is renamed Walter Camp Field, and a large colonnaded gateway is erected at the entrance to the field, paid for by substantial contributions from the Yale community as well as from colleges, universities, and preparatory schools and high schools around the country. Contributions come from 224 colleges and universities. But the finest memorial could be the game itself, testifying to Camp contributions that still define and benefit the game, worthy of an occasional remembrance of the game’s “father” and most prominent contributor.

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