How-to-Study Blog » high school http://www.how-to-study.com/blog Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:30:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Advanced Placement Prep http://www.how-to-study.com/blog/78/advanced-placement-prep http://www.how-to-study.com/blog/78/advanced-placement-prep#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:52:25 +0000 admin http://www.how-to-study.com/blog/?p=78 The number of high school offering Advanced Placement (A.P.) classes keeps increasing. According to the College Board, there has been about a 30% increase in the number of schools offering these classes over the past decade. Now we are seeing a surge of schools offering summer support programs to help prepare students for A.P. classes.

The support programs vary, but generally focus on providing familiarity with A.P. class content to reduce anxiety, improve problem-solving skills, and improve study skills and note-taking strategies. The availability of these programs has the effect of enticing more students to sign up for A.P. classes.

HEY! Is this too much of a good thing? Whatever happened to time for social activities and summer jobs that can provide real-life experience? What do you think?

]]> http://www.how-to-study.com/blog/78/advanced-placement-prep/feed 1 More Compulsory Education http://www.how-to-study.com/blog/52/more-compulsory-education http://www.how-to-study.com/blog/52/more-compulsory-education#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:04:34 +0000 admin http://www.how-to-study.com/blog/?p=52 Harold Levy, a former chancellor of the New York City schools, proposes raising the age of compulsory education.  The current compulsory education age across states ranges from 16 to 18.  Levy proposes that all students remain in school until age 19. He maintains that simply having a high school education does not prepare students to compete in today’s society.

Research has consistently shown that more education is associated with better health, better quality of life, higher income, and a longer life expectancy.  Levy wonders why the school day should end at 3.  This is a good question since work days typically end at 5.  He also wonders if students really need a three-month summer vacation.  In the real world, few people get anything close to that.  We have seen a trend toward longer school years.  In many cases, the school day is lengthened via after-school programs.  Is this enough?  What do you think about Levy’s ideas?

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