Constructing School Success: The Consequences of Untracking Low-Achieving Students How can we bolster the academic success of low-achieving students and provide for a more egalitarian school setting? This book describes the process of "untracking," an educational reform effort that has been successfu...
This study sought to evaluate three-years of implementation of Success Highways, with predominantly ethnically/racially diverse youth at an urban high school in a low-income neighborhood of a large Midwestern city. Success Highways is a resilience buildingSV Solberg...
The Pathways to College Network, along with its Project Director,Ann Coles, and Tom Barlow and Sharon Camblin, provided financial support and a framework for discussion and analysis of the circumstances around high school issues with- out which,the understanding,in this report would,not have been...
Such classes won’t hold the weight of your undergraduate GPA because graduate classes are less easily compared, and because applicants’ undergraduate grades affect law school rankings. Nevertheless, they strengthen your argument that you can handle classwork. Unless you’re a time traveler ...
“I should have gone pre-med,” Moffitt said of her third mistake, “but I thought that because I came from a poor rural high school in North Carolina that I did not have the background to take the pre-med courses.” Moffitt is now a professor in the department of psychology and neu...
Meanwhile, some schools that technically require standardized tests are willing to waive those requirements for prospective students who have certain impressive credentials, such as an extremely high undergraduate GPA or a significant amount of management experience. Next:Learn how to prepare for the ...
Self-esteem significantly influences our life in many ways: It impacts our self-confidence, relationships, and ability to pursue our goals and aspirations, ultimately playing a pivotal role in our overall life satisfaction and success. This is precisely why low self-esteem can have detrimental effec...
The shape knob takes the place of the typical 3-band EQ. It combines treble and bass control with a surprisingly wide range. It can go from dark, Sleep-esque tones to scooped, old-school metal and everything in between. What really surprised me was how good the clean tones were. They...
Social-Emotional Learning can be a huge help to low-income students in their academic pursuits and put them on the path to academic success. Here's how!
However, too many applicants get stuck in well-worn ruts, writing law school application essays that hit the same notes. Here are some examples of cliches that get on admissions officers’ nerves: Saying you are “not a typical applicant.” Lecturing admissions officers...