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Helping Students Navigate the Path to College: What High Schools Can
Do
This practice guide from the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC)
discusses the challenges that many students face in regards to
gaining access to higher education. It recommends five steps that
educators, administrators, and policy makers can take, beginning in
9th grade, as well as the research evidence that supports these
recommendations. It targets high schools and school districts, and
focuses on effective practices that prepare students academically
for college, assist them in completing the steps to college entry,
and improve their likelihood of enrolling in college.
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Resources
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Resources
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Internship Program Results in Statewide Resource Mapping Tool for
Youth
Through a paid internship program, the PACER's Project C3
(Connecting Youth to Communities and Careers) has produced a cutting
edge Web-based resource mapping tool designed to help youth,
families, and professionals find more than 1,000 Minnesota youth
organizations that offer employment, transportation, housing,
education, health, and recreation services. In addition, the
database fosters collaborations amongst youth-serving agencies and
is a nationally recognized model for providing paid work experiences
to youth with disabilities.
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Reading Interventions for
Students with Specific Learning
Disabilities
This article provides research-based information
and advice for sizing up reading programs and finding the right one
for your child with a specific learning disability. |
WatchKnow
The co-founder of Wikipedia has launched a Web site designed to
offer free access to thousands of education-related videos for
students ages 3-18. It is both a resource for users and also a
non-profit, online community that encourages everyone to collect,
create, and share free, innovative, educational videos. |
Learn and Serve Challenge
The Learn and Serve Challenge seeks to
engage 50,000 schools nationwide and five million college students
in service-learning. Over the course of this school year, the
Challenge will showcase the promise and best practices of
service-learning. |
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Western Union Foundation: Family Scholarship Program
The Western
Union Foundation's Family Scholarship Program is an educational
initiative for migrants, immigrants, and their families in the
United States that aims to help two members of the same family move
up the economic ladder through education. |
Scholarships
for Latino Students with Disabilities
Proyecto Vision's website has a list of scholarship opportunities
for college students who are Latino and who are living with
disability. |
National
Federation of the Blind (NFB) Scholarship Program
Applications are now being accepted for the 2010 National Federation
of the Blind Scholarship Program. The scholarships are available to
blind students who will be enrolled in college or a graduate program
beginning in the fall of 2010, including incoming freshmen. |
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The 7th annual Wisconsin Transition Conference
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Alabama
Transition Conference
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Virginia Transition Forum
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4th Annual
Secondary Transition State Planning Institute
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