Lyceum 1511 and Mountain Crest High School: An International Exchange Program Reveals Educational Contrasts |
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Authors: | Marina Parsegova Galina Eltseva |
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Affiliation: | Department of Secondary Professional Education , Northern Illinois University , DeKalb, Illinois, USA |
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Abstract: | The arrival of underprepared freshmen to a high school presents a host of challenges for all stakeholders. West High School in Bakersfield, California, responded to a problem of academic failure of a significant number of freshmen by developing and implementing a Freshman Academy for underprepared students entering the 9th grade. During two years of this intervention, the school experienced improvement in the matriculation rate, an increase in literacy skills, and a reduction in student suspensions. The Freshman Academy identified students’ academic and nonacademic needs and provided a supportive learning environment to help address these needs in a way that led to successful promotion through high school. Two critical attributes of this approach are teacher efficacy and teacher collaboration. |
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Keywords: | international exchange program Russia educational differences Lyceum 1511 Mountain Crest High School |
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