Parents of Durfee High School Students Learn About Dual Enrollment Program [PODCAST]
College and Career Readiness through Blended Learning
Early College
Early College Serves Students and Employers
by Eileen Wedegartner
Lowering the barriers to opportunity
The need for a workforce with strong technical skills continues to grow in Massachusetts. Boston’s skyline, the Seaport, Kendall Square, Longwood, Kenmore Square and the spreading biotech campuses along 95 and 495 give tangible evidence of this need. The drivers of the Massachusetts economy demand workers who have strong skill sets.
Early College Reduces Inequity
A Promising Pathway to College and Careers
Bridgewater State University, B.M.C. Durfee High School and JFY’s New Partnership
by Eileen Wedegartner, Blended Learning Specialist
The college admissions scandal that broke in March kept unfolding through the weeks and months like an origami of shame, exposing story after sordid story of gross inequity in the college admissions process.
As the national networks uncoiled twisted tales of bribery and deception that famous parents of means had braided to get their kids into elite colleges, local news stations were swarmed by flocks of ordinary people calling in anonymously to admit that they had written their children’s essays for them.
What is College Readiness?
by Eileen Wedegartner, Blended Learning Specialist
It goes beyond quantitative data points
Measuring “college readiness” is quite the conundrum. Some say it is about test scores, class rank, SAT and GPA. But I think it goes beyond those quantitative data points. While they are all important indicators of skill, there are other measures that cannot be captured in scores but are inherent in “readiness.” These qualities or capacities include executive function, time management in general, prioritizing work and planning for due dates.