Resources

  • Innovator - Sept. 27, 2010

    Race to the Top boosts STEM schools in NC.... NC helping lead STEM nationally .... Dropout report highlights NC.... OECD/College Board reports on valueof educational attainment .... Good news from NCNSP schools

    27 SEP 2010

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  • A Better 9th Grade: Early Results from an Experimental Study of the Early College High School Model

    To increase the number of students graduating from high school prepared for college, North Carolina has established the largest number of Early College High Schools (ECHS) in the United States. Early results from a rigorous, independent study of North Carolinaâ??s initiative have shown that these schools have substantial positive impacts on student performance. This brief from the SERVE Center at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro gives an overview of the ECHS model as implemented in North Carolina, the studyâ??s design, and ECHSâ?? impacts on grade 9 students.

    20 SEP 2010

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  • Innovator - Sept. 7, 2010

    NCNSP enrollments grow.... Avery High goes innovative .... Cumberland/Guilford cited in Schott Foundation report on black males .... NC State Board looks to require ACT for all 11th graders .... NC part of national effort to improve assessments

    7 SEP 2010

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  • 2009-10 Student Achievement Results

    Presentation of student achievement data from NCNSP schools

    26 AUG 2010

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  • Innovator - Aug. 16, 2010

    ABCs data show gains for innovative high schools - Graduation rates show strong results - NCNSP website gets facelift - Students learn computer rehab at YTC camp

    16 AUG 2010

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  • STEM Initiative: Outcomes, Measures and Supports

    This 2010-11 document outlines the NCNSP outcomes, measures and supports for our science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) initiative.

    10 AUG 2010

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  • A User's Guide to The Commons

    This step-by-step guide walks you through The Commons, our password-protected online community for NCNSP teachers, principals, counselors, coaches, board members, staff and other partners.

    27 JUL 2010

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  • New Teacher Center Research Brief: Teacher Working Conditions in Redesigned and Early College High Schools

    This report from the New Teacher Center, a professional development group based in Santa Cruz, Calif., analyzes data from the 2010 N.C. Teacher Working Conditions Survey for NCNSP high schools. According to the report, teachers in North Carolina's innovative high schools give higher marks on key work issues than do their counterparts in the state's traditional high schools. The New Teacher Center found that teachers in the schools that are partners with NCNSP offered significantly more positive responses about such issues as professional development, class size, time and resources.

    19 JUL 2010

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  • Innovator - July 2, 2010 Edition

    NCNSP Chairman Mitchell urges districts to stay the course â?? Survey: Teachers more satisfied in innovative high schools â?? Stanly Early College takes prize, 5 other schools honored â?? Students more positive about NC's innovative high schools â?? NYC's small high schools see student gains, study finds

    2 JUL 2010

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  • College and Career Ready Graduation: Strengthening the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

    A strong consensus is developing among states, districts, and key stakeholders that the ultimate goal of K-12 education must be for all students not just to graduate from high school but to graduate with the requisite skills to succeed in completing a postsecondary credential and entering a career.

    7 MAY 2010

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