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Informationen zum Autor David T. Conley is professor of Educational Policy and Leadership at the University of Oregon; founder and director of the Center for Educational Policy Research at the University of Oregon; and founder and CEO of the Educational Policy Improvement Center in Eugene, Oregon. For more information, go to www.CollegeCareerReady.org or www.epiconline.org. Klappentext Praise for College and Career Ready "David Conley offers a profoundly insightful and clear blueprint for designing high schools that will prepare students for post-secondary success. Anyone interested in supporting and leading schools--principals, superintendents, school leadership coaches--will benefit from College and Career Ready."--Sue Fine, executive director, The Urban Assembly Schools Network "College and Career Ready takes Conley's humanistic approach to high school improvement giant steps forward. A must-read for anyone serious about producing results with under-prepared, urban students." --Nancy Hoffman, vice president, Jobs for the Future "David Conley is a powerful and articulate voice on the critical subject of college and career readiness. His book serves as a substantive and practical guide, with both research and case studies, for those of us who are on the front lines of the effort to transform our schools and ready our students for the future." --Jim Nelson, executive director, AVID Center "This book is one-stop shopping for all crucial college and career readiness concepts and components. Complete with in-depth descriptions of numerous exemplary schools, College and Career Ready will be indispensable to policymakers, administrators, and teachers who seek to implement comprehensive college readiness initiatives in a variety of state and school contexts."--Michael Kirst, professor emeritus, Stanford University "At last, a compelling roadmap for preparing all of our high school students for postsecondary and workplace success."--Uri Treisman, professor of mathematics and of public affairs, University of Texas at Austin Zusammenfassung Giving students the tools they need to succeed in college and work College and Career Ready offers educators a blueprint for improving high school so that more students are able to excel in freshman-level college courses or entry-level jobs-laying a solid foundation for lifelong growth and success. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface vii Acknowledgments xiii About the Author xv Introduction 1 Should and Can Today's High Schools Prepare All Students for College and Careers? College Ready and Work Ready: One and the Same? The New Challenge What We Mean by "Ready for College and Careers" Part One: Redefining College and Career Readiness 1 The Four Key Dimensions of College and Career Readiness 19 General Elements of a More Comprehensive Defi nition of College and Career Readiness Current Means to Determine College and Career Readiness An Examination of the Four Dimensions of College and Career Readiness Differences Between High School and College Courses Operational Examples of College Readiness 2 Ways to Develop Key Cognitive Strategies and Key Content Knowledge 53 Focusing on the "Big Ideas" Aligning Courses and Expectations Between High School and College Formative Assessment for College Readiness 3 Ways to Develop Self-Management Skills and "College Knowledge" 72 Elements of Self-Management "College Knowledge"-Contextual Skills and Awareness 4 Key Principles of College and Career Readiness 104 Principle 1: Create and Maintain a College-Going Culture in the School Principle 2: Create a Core Academic Program Aligned with and Leading to College Readiness by the End of Twelfth Grade Princi...
