A Utah high school is offering a summer program to encourage more English-language learners to enroll and be successful in Advanced Placement courses. The program, in which participation has doubled from last year’s pilot, offers exposure to AP content in environmental science, English and US history.
Alder, C. W. (2018, July 27). First-generation students get leg up in summer AP prep program. Retrieved January 16, 2019
- Posted: February 6, 2019
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- Poverty Data Sources
- Neuroscience & the Classroom
- Why Resources Matter
- 1 – Build Relationships
- 2 – Decrease Stress
- 3 – Increase Status
- 4 – Increase Hope
- 5 – Proactively Guide
- 6 – Use “Me” Strategies
- 7 – Understand Goals of Misbehavior
- 8 – Decrease Health Impacts
- 9 – Build Family/Community Partnerships
- 10 – Align Instruction & Assessment
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