down Go Back to Our Ideas Report/Research Leadership Lessons from the Early College Expansion Partnership Full Reportright At a Glance For 15 years, early college high schools have raised high school graduation and college success rates for underrepresented students. Now, education leaders nationwide are scaling up early college designs to improve the performance of entire school systems. Published apr. 02, 2017 Contributor Sarah Hooker Director, Population-Specific Strategies Topics Dual Enrollment/Early College Youth Students K12 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share via Email Early college high schools have raised high school graduation and college success rates for students from underrepresented groups for 15 years, and education leaders nationwide are now scaling up early college designs in efforts to improve the performance of entire school systems. This brief explores the leadership practices responsible for spreading early college districtwide in South Texas and Denver through the Early College Expansion Partnership, led by JFF and Educate Texas and funded by a five-year federal Investing in Innovation Fund (i3) grant. Among the lessons learned: success hinges on shared leadership at multiple levels, from the superintendent’s office to individual school buildings and in between. See More Reports in This Series Report/Research Taking the Long View: Sustainability Lessons from the Early College Expansion Partnership The Early College Expansion Partnership (ECEP) had an ambitious goal: take a bold school improvement model that had increased success of low-income youth in small high schools and scale it to 30,000 more students. Report/Research Solving the Dual Enrollment Staffing Puzzle: Strategies from the Early College Expansion Partnership A growing number of young people are taking college courses in high school, as districts work to increase postsecondary readiness and success. A shortage of qualified instructors, however, could slow down expansion of this proven strategy. Report/Research Differentiated Dual Enrollment and Other Collegiate Experiences The evidence speaks for itself: when high school students participate in college-credit-bearing coursework, they are more likely to graduate high school, go to college, and earn a degree. Report/Research Building Early College Pathways to STEM Careers Most students in Bridgeport, Connecticut, come from low-income families, a group that has struggled historically to complete high school and enter college. But through early college pathways, they have a greater chance of success. Report/Research Leadership and Instructional Coaching: Lessons Learned from the Evaluation of the Early College Expansion Project The Early College Expansion Project used leadership coaching to build the capacity of school administrators to guide early college implementation.
Report/Research Taking the Long View: Sustainability Lessons from the Early College Expansion Partnership The Early College Expansion Partnership (ECEP) had an ambitious goal: take a bold school improvement model that had increased success of low-income youth in small high schools and scale it to 30,000 more students.
Report/Research Solving the Dual Enrollment Staffing Puzzle: Strategies from the Early College Expansion Partnership A growing number of young people are taking college courses in high school, as districts work to increase postsecondary readiness and success. A shortage of qualified instructors, however, could slow down expansion of this proven strategy.
Report/Research Differentiated Dual Enrollment and Other Collegiate Experiences The evidence speaks for itself: when high school students participate in college-credit-bearing coursework, they are more likely to graduate high school, go to college, and earn a degree.
Report/Research Building Early College Pathways to STEM Careers Most students in Bridgeport, Connecticut, come from low-income families, a group that has struggled historically to complete high school and enter college. But through early college pathways, they have a greater chance of success.
Report/Research Leadership and Instructional Coaching: Lessons Learned from the Evaluation of the Early College Expansion Project The Early College Expansion Project used leadership coaching to build the capacity of school administrators to guide early college implementation.
Impact Story STEM Early College Expansion Partnership Scale We're expanding a proven model for improving high school students' success by bringing STEM college courses into the high school classroom.
Impact Story Early College Design Invest Scale Influence Earning college credit in high school is a proven way for low-income students to get a jump on a college degree. JFF leads expansion of this national model.
Impact Story Early College Expansion Partnership Scale We're expanding a proven model for improving high school students' success in the Rio Grande Valley and the Denver Metro regions.
