| Counseling Conference Encourages College Alternatives NPR.org State Impact Indiana - The Indiana Youth Institute wants to help school counselors focus more on non-traditional postsecondary routes – essentially, options beyond a four-year college. That’s one of the goals of the Institute’s counseling conference being held this week..... |
| Indiana’s high school diplomas are about to get an overhaul Chalkbeat Indiana - The Indiana Career Council met to discuss new diploma options, but the process won't be finalized until later this year.... |
| SAT to replace ACT for Macomb County students Shelby Township Source Newspapers - A new era in Michigan education will begin next spring when high school students for the first time take the SAT college admission test.... |
| Texas Turns Away From Prosecuting Truants NPR.org EdBlog - For two decades, Texas has treated truancy as a criminal offense. That means most cases were prosecuted in adult courts where children, along with their parents, faced jail and fines of up to $1,500 for missing school — usually 10 or more unexcused absences.... |
| Law Allows More College Credits for High Schoolers Texas Tribune - Earning college credit may soon get easier for high school students who take Advanced Placement courses in Texas. A bill signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott this month will require the state’s colleges and universities to give credit for scores of three or higher on many AP tests,. ... |
| Some Louisiana universities to test new admission standards KLFY - The state Board of Regents has agreed to test new admissions standards for some of Louisiana’s universities. Under the new policy, four-year regional institutions will be able to admit students who require a developmental, or remedial course. ... |
| Opinion: California vocational education in danger Sacramento Bee - Arnold Schwarzenegger’s governorship can be faulted for many failings – particularly squandering opportunities to clean up the state’s tortured finances..... |
| Colorado hustles to roll out new testing plan Chalkbeat Colorado - State testing is going to take up a lot less space on school calendars in 2016 than it did last spring. The main 2016 “testing window,” recently announced by the Department of Education, is scheduled for April 11-29..... |
| Board of Education Considers New College Admission Proposal Chalkbeat Colorado - BOISE (AP) | Idaho education officials want to flip the traditional college admission process around in order to boost the state's dismal college attendance rates...... |