Polk County Receives College Board’s 2011 AP® District of the Year Award
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Polk County Public Schools (PCPS), in central Florida, was honored with the College Board’s 2011 Advanced Placement® Equity and Excellence District of the Year. PCPS is the nation’s leader, among large school districts, in simultaneously expanding access to the Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) courses and improving AP Exam performance. Polk County has the added distinction of achieving the largest increase of any school district in the country in the number of traditionally underrepresented minority students earning a score of 3 or better on at least one AP Exam. Polk County students, teachers, district and school administrators as well as College Board executives celebrated these achievements during a two-day AP Summit — held on Dec.12 and –13 — during which they discussed strategies to further enhance the AP Program and prepare even more students for success in college and the global workforce.
Rally in Houston Highlights Five Ways Ed Pays
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Pascal Watty, former University of Texas football player
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Hundreds of Houston students and their families learned more about the value of a college education at a Nov. 16 rally highlighting the College Board’s Five Ways Ed Pays campaign.
Texas Counselors Speak Out in National Survey from the College Board
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Texas House Rep. Joaquin Castro |
Counselors, administrators, political leaders and other education supporters gathered in Austin, Texas, in November to learn more about the findings of a national survey of school counselors and to celebrate policies that support them.
Massachusetts Praised as Model in College Completion Efforts
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Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray. |
A recent College Board report, The College Completion Agenda 2011 Progress Report, shows that as of 2009, 41.1 percent of 25- to 34-year-olds nationwide hold an associate degree or higher, significantly short of the goal of 55 percent. The percentage of adults ages 25 to 34 with an associate degrees or higher increased marginally from 2000 (38.1 percent) to 2009 (41.1 percent). If the U.S. rate continues to follow this sluggish rate of growth, it is projected that the nation will only reach a 46.0 percent completion rate by 2025.
Report Shows Barriers to College Enrollment
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The survey included interviews with more than 700 students and 100 parents of students who had already filed applications to college and confirmed that they intended to enroll in the fall.
