We know the stereotype of helicopter parents — those moms and dads who hover around their student children, making sure they succeed at everything, and removing any potential obstacles in their paths. In my reporting on what high-school students should watch out for when they take college classes, I heard concerns that many high-schoolers may Read more →
A couple of MPR’s Public Insight Network members have written in about their experiences in the Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program, which I reported on earlier. They wrote in not as former PSEO students, but as parents and faculty members. Both liked PSEO — which allows high school students to take classes in college — Read more →
In researching my story on pitfalls in Minnesota’s Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program, I was struck by how some students need to change how they view class standing. Many students and their parents figure a credit is a credit — and the more the merrier. “There are so many students who come in and say, Read more →
Students who take college classes while in still in high school often suffer from misconceptions that could hamper attempts to shave time off their college degrees, Minnesota education officials say. For Heidi Bobier, it meant not realizing that the art survey class she took at Ridgewater College while still in high school wouldn’t fully transfer Read more →
This upcoming webinar on earning college credit while in high school seems appropriate in light of this blog post and discussion. It’s July 23 at 2 p.m — with a Spanish version at 3 p.m. — and will last half an hour. Registration information and other details are on the Center for School Change website. Read more →
I’ve been seeing several pieces of legislation going around that are trying to broaden the state Post Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program. One bill I’m focusing on is by a bipartisan group of state senators led by Republican Gen Olson of Minnetrista. She wants to open up the program to younger students, give them more college Read more →
Joe Nathan, director of Macalester College‘s Center for School Change, tells MPR reporter Tom Weber why a law should be dropped that prevents colleges from advertising that Post-Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) programs can save families lots in college tuition by having students take college classes while in high school. “We think families need to clearly Read more →
Alex Friedrich