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On Monday, UK hosts a summit for discussion between educators and student services staff of UK and Fayette County Public Schools.  The purpose of the summit is to engage educators from FCPS and UK in a dialog on student success. We are specifically interested in eliciting new ideas to promote the academic achievement of FCPS graduates who enroll at UK. Participants from FCPS will include high school teachers, counselors, and administrators; participants from UK will include professors, advisors, professional staff, and administrators.  The summit will be composed of two sessions. The morning session will involve sharing of information about student success and initiatives and programs designed to promote success. The afternoon session will allow participants to engage in conversations within small groups of colleagues representing both institutions. The goal of these conversations is to generate ideas that address barriers to academic success and to recommend new collaborations between FCPS and UK that can have a demonstrable positive impact on student achievement.

 

This is a timely topic as the state legislature has challenged us to work together to increase college-going trends.  The latest report on this effort can be found at the CPE website.

 

A new report from Carnegie Corporation of New York Time to Act: An Agenda for Advancing Adolescent Literacy for College and Career Readiness offers recommendations on how to advance adolescent literacy and learning.  It is the capstone report of Carnegie Council for Advancing Adolescent Literacy, chaired by Catherine Snow, professor in the Harvard Graduate School of Education.  The report is based on ideas from experts nationwide.  http://carnegie.org/literacy/tta/  How much of this can be used here in Kentucky?