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Higher Education Engagement for Early College Success April 21, 2010

Higher Education Engagement for Early College Success April 21, 2010. Early College High School Week May 3 – 10 THSP.org/ ECHSweek. Agenda. What role do you play?. Texas Early College High Schools. The Texas High School Project has spearheaded promising educational programs in Texas.

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Higher Education Engagement for Early College Success April 21, 2010

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  1. Higher Education Engagement for Early College SuccessApril 21, 2010

  2. Early College High School Week May 3 – 10 THSP.org/ECHSweek Agenda

  3. What role do you play?

  4. Texas Early College High Schools

  5. The Texas High School Project has spearheaded promising educational programs in Texas Public-Private Partnership Offers Unique Value to the State of Texas • Commitment to a vision of public-private collaboration to promote state competitiveness is strong: • THSP uniquely connects influential private voices together with TEA, policy makers, and on-the ground practitioners in a way that focuses cooperative energy to drive positive change . All students: College Ready, Career Ready, Life Ready!

  6. Private and Public Partners State of Texas Philanthropy All students: College Ready, Career Ready, Life Ready!

  7. THSP Encompasses Many Different Initiatives Texas-Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (T-STEM)Increasing the number of low income and minority college graduates in mathematics and science fields through new academies Early College High School (ECHS)Providing students who may not otherwise consider attending college a means of earning 60 college credits or an Associate’s degree by graduation through a new campus model New Schools / Charter Schools (NSCS)Supporting high performing charter schools to establish additional campuses and provide new options for students traditionally under-represented in higher education High School Redesign (HSRD)&High School Redesign and Restructuring (HSRR)Redesigning comprehensive academically unacceptable schools and, in HSRD, creating small learning communities School Models NewSchools / Academies RedesignedSchools All students: College Ready, Career Ready, Life Ready!

  8. THSP Impacts Students Statewide • Statewide Impact • THSP began with a focus on urban areas– Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth, San Antonio – and the Texas-Mexico border • In partnership with TEA, THSP’s reach has expanded over time to include more mid-size cities and rural locations • Success has prompted a number of districts to independently replicate school modelswith their own funding • Even as THSP has reached 172 schools1, much work remains to impact the 1.2 million2 high school students in the state Lubbock Lubbock Dallas Dallas Ft Worth Ft Worth 10 Waco Waco 5 El Paso Austin Austin 7 5 5 San San Houston Houston 19 8 7 6 Antonio Antonio 9 5 Program Key Corpus Christi Corpus Christi T-STEM (38) ECHS (29) NSCS (12) Brownsville Brownsville HSRR / HSRD (93) Number of Schools 1Through 2008-09 school year 2 Source: Texas Education Agency 2006-2007 academic year 5+ 3-4 1-2 # All students: College Ready, Career Ready, Life Ready!

  9. Early College High Schools • Early colleges are based on the concept of acceleration not remediation.Rigorous curriculum with “wrap around” learning support services. Small class sizes allow more hands on teaching and innovation in the classroom • The design and location of a particular ECHS may vary from school district to school district. All ECHS are public high schools funded by their districts. All students: College Ready, Career Ready, Life Ready!

  10. How is early college different from other accelerated models? ECHS differ from programs like dual enrollment, International Baccalaureate (IB), Advanced Placement (AP) and dual enrollment in the following ways: • Fully integrates the high school and college experience (socially and intellectually) • Specifically targets student populations with lower probabilities of entering college; unlike AP, IB, or dual enrollment programs All students: College Ready, Career Ready, Life Ready!

  11. Scale • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • TEA/TX Legislature • Greater TX Foundation • Wallace Foundation • Meadows Foundation JFF  Exemplars  PD Network  Education Service Centers  Higher Ed Systems  THECB  Policy Work Group   CFT  TEA ECHS Innovation ECHS Network School Developers State Support National Support Funders All students: College Ready, Career Ready, Life Ready!

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