Preparing High School Students for Community Service

Preparing High School Students for College with Informatics

As we begin the 21 century, a concern among many educators is whether we are providing our students with the skills they will need in this brave new world. Discussion often centers on the issues of globalization and the demands it brings for cultural awareness and appreciation. While these factors do distinguish the 21 century, another equally important factor is the utilization of computing, s...

High School Teaching for the Twenty-First Century: Preparing Students for College

To prepare students for postsecondary education, educators and policymakers must perform two tasks at the same time: restructure high schools so they are aligned to the expectations of colleges and revamp instruction so that college readiness is the goal, measure, and substance of good teaching. The research is clear: the key to preparing students for college is rigorous high school course work...

Preparing High School Students for the Interdisciplinary Nature of Modern Biology

Fostering interdisciplinary learning in biology will require significant changes in the way we teach science to K–12 students. The perspective on interdisciplinary biology teaching and learning in this essay is based on my experiences as a former research cell biologist, high school science teacher, and developer of secondary science curricula and teacher professional development programs used ...

Supporting and Preparing Future First-Generation College Students in the High School Environment: Implications for School Counselors

This study surveyed college freshmen from two different institutions in order to examine differences between First-Generation College Students and Continuing-Generation College Students. Differences between groups emerged for high school academic preparation, college exploration behaviors, college application behaviors, and college decision-making prior to matriculation. Results suggest differe...

Preparing Children for School