Editorial: New approach needed for funding education Kalamazoo Opinion - - MLive.com:
"It’s ironic that at a time when schools are showing gains in test scores and other areas, they are also under increasing pressure to cut everywhere.
On the positive side, the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) scores have been on the increase.
The Kalamazoo Public Schools are making great strides in better preparing students, including minorities, for college. A major example is the explosion of numbers of KPS students taking AP classes.
Advanced Placement courses follow a national curriculum and offer college-level academics to high school students who then get college credit for passing a national AP test.
Kalamazoo Public Schools Superintendent Michael Rice recently reported that enrollment in the AP program in his district has increased 71 percent during the two years he has been at the helm. Especially encouraging is that the percentage of minority AP students has tripled. Rice also reported that the goal of doubling the AP enrollment within six years will happen much sooner."
"It’s ironic that at a time when schools are showing gains in test scores and other areas, they are also under increasing pressure to cut everywhere.
On the positive side, the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) scores have been on the increase.
The Kalamazoo Public Schools are making great strides in better preparing students, including minorities, for college. A major example is the explosion of numbers of KPS students taking AP classes.
Advanced Placement courses follow a national curriculum and offer college-level academics to high school students who then get college credit for passing a national AP test.
Kalamazoo Public Schools Superintendent Michael Rice recently reported that enrollment in the AP program in his district has increased 71 percent during the two years he has been at the helm. Especially encouraging is that the percentage of minority AP students has tripled. Rice also reported that the goal of doubling the AP enrollment within six years will happen much sooner."