HIGH SCHOOL MATTERS!

If High School students do little homework, get poor grades, and put little effort into High School courses, can they still expect to do well in job training, community college, or university programs? According to James Rosenbaum and his data, probably not. Of students with low High School grades (averages of C or lower), only 13.9 % completed college within ten years (even an AA degree).

Rosenbaum wants High School teachers and counselors to provide much more realistic information to students about the extra cost and time needed for college program completion when students cannot place into college ready courses when they enroll. He suggests that High Schools should require students aiming for college to take modified college placement exams, much like what CSUs are providing with the EAP!

The message here: If students want to graduate from college, as opposed to simply enrolling in a college (and failing or dropping out), they need to exert the effort to learn well and get good grades while they are in High School. What should we be telling our students about preparing for life after High School?

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Source: It's Time To Tell the Kids: If You Don't Do Well in High School, You Won't Do Well in College (or on the Job), James E. Rosenbaum, American Educator, Spring 2004.

See what Rosenbaum suggests:
http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/spring2004/tellthekids.html



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