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Title Achieving college dreams : how a university-charter district partnership created an early college high school / edited by Rhona S. Weinstein, Frank C. Worrell.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource
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Series Online access with subscription: University Press scholarship online (Oxford scholarship online)
Summary 'Achieving College Dreams' tells the story of a long-standing partnership between a university and charter district to create an early-college high school for first-generation college youth.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Achieving College Dreams How a University-Charter District Partnership Created an Early College High School; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; For the Future & Foreword; Contributor List; Part I, Beginnings; 1 Introduction--University's Role in Secondary School Reform; 2 The University of California, Berkeley Commits; 3 Forging a Partnership with Aspire Public Schools; 4 The California College Preparatory Academy Opens; Part II Collaborative Research Informs School Development; 5 Learning from Teacher-Student Advisories.
6 The Student Transition into an Early College Secondary School7 Parent Involvement and the Home-School Divide; 8 Making Room to Read: The Evolution of a Secondary School Library; 9 Tracking Student Indicators Across Time; Part III Equity and Excellence in a High School Setting; 10 Equity in the Teaching of History; 11 Math and Not Just About Math!; 12 Titrating from Shallow to Deep Understanding in Chemistry; 13 Building a Supportive College-Preparatory Culture; Part IV Lessons Learned; 14 A Model for Interweaving Rigor and Support.
15 Talent Development: The Forging of an Academic Identity 16 From Parallel Tracks to Intertwined Efforts: Aspire Public Schools Reflects; 17 Conclusion--The Power of a University-District Partnership; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Contributor Biographies; Index.
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Subject California College Preparatory Academy (Oakland, Calif.)
California College Preparatory Academy (Oakland, Calif.)
University of California, Berkeley.
University of California, Berkeley.
University of California Student Strike (Berkeley, California : 1969)
Preparatory schools -- California -- Case studies.
Preparatory schools.
California.
Charter schools -- California -- Case studies.
Charter schools.
Educational equalization -- California.
Educational equalization.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Added Author Weinstein, Rhona S., editor.
Worrell, Frank C., editor.
Other Form: Print version: Achieving college dreams. New York : Oxford University Press, [2016] 9780190260903 (DLC) 2015037543 (OCoLC)930068051
ISBN 9780190608200 (electronic book)
019060820X (electronic book)
9780190260910
0190260912