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Direct linkCech, Scott J. – Education Week, 2008
Launched last year, the SciTech Summer Camp is a joint project being led by the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corp. (HENAAC). SciTech was created to get more Hispanic students into the so-called STEM fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. SciTech…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Engineering, Hispanic American Students, High School Students
Cech, Scott J. – Education Week, 2008
According to government data, even though manufacturing in general continues to shrink as a proportion of the U.S. economy, domestic high-tech manufacturing has been expanding, and with it, the need for skilled workers. Hence high school students are taking at the Manufacturing Technology Academy (MTA), a 4-year-old dual-enrollment program on the…
Descriptors: High Schools, College Credits, Manufacturing, Skilled Workers
Cech, Scott J. – Education Week, 2008
More students are taking Advanced Placement tests, but the proportion of tests receiving what is deemed a passing score has dipped, and the mean score is down for the fourth year in a row. Data released here this week by the New York City-based nonprofit organization that owns the AP brand shows that a greater-than-ever proportion of students…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Ethnic Groups, Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs
Cech, Scott J. – Education Week, 2007
This article reports the findings of the first audit of Advanced Placement (AP) courses. One of the more striking effects of the audit, the results of which were released recently by the College Board, was a steep drop in the number of schools offering Advanced Placement courses. After more than 30 years of steady growth, the number of schools…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Low Income, Minority Groups, Low Income Groups
Cech, Scott J. – Education Week, 2007
In this article, the author talks about Project Lead the Way (PLTW), a rigorous four-year program of honors-level math and science, plus engineering, culminating in at least precalculus and advanced science classes, along with an intensive, hands-on collaborative engineering project. The curriculum is produced by Project Lead the Way Inc., a…
Descriptors: Engineering, Calculus, Honors Curriculum, Advanced Courses
