May 2009

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Featured Video

Three Inspirational
High Schools Win
$25,000 Awards

Three exceptional high schools have been named College Board 2009 Inspiration Award winners for improving their academic environment and helping underserved students achieve equitable access to higher education. Each winning school will receive $25,000, and each of the two honorable mention schools will receive $1,000 to apply toward programs that encourage students to attend college.

Remarking on the announcement, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said, “At a time when higher standards and increased college readiness have become critical to our nation’s future, it is encouraging to know that these Inspiration schools provide a wonderful example for all of us as we work to reform our education system. Congratulations to these schools, their principals, their teachers and their students for this tremendous success. They show us what is possible.”

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Last week I traveled to William B. Murrah High School in Jackson, Miss., for what I consider to be one of the greatest privileges of my job — presenting the College Board’s 2009 Inspiration Award.

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Membership Matters

Program Planning Committee Selects from Hundreds of Session Proposals for Forum 2009

On May 8-9, about 30 educators from member institutions gathered in New York City for the Forum 2009
Program Planning
Committee meeting. Led by co-chairs Barbara Gill, assistant vice president for undergraduate admissions and enrollment planning at the University of Maryland, College Park, and

Commentary

DREAM Act Is a Small
Investment with
a Large Return

By Rep. Mike Honda

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21st Century Scholarship
Covenant Offers
Students Hope

By Roger J. Thompson

Programs and Services

Education Secretary Highlights the Value of Advanced Placement®

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan highlighted the role of Advanced Placement® in driving reform in teaching, learning and assessment in the guidance he issued to schools and districts on how they should use stimulus dollars.

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ADVOCACY Indiana University Covenant Offers Debt-Free Education

ADVOCACY Preparate™ Conference Addresses Educational Issues Affecting Latino Students

PROGRAMS AND SERVICES Advanced Placement® Higher Education Advisory Committee Holds Inaugural Meeting

PROGRAMS AND SERVICES 2nd Annual National Chinese Language Conference Draws More Than 900 Participants to Chicago