A Massachusetts high school is hoping to boost the number of its graduates going on to college with a $150,000 grant from the state.
Drury High School has been awarded a grant from the state's Executive Office of Education to create an early college program with the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, the Republican reports.
Principal Tim Callahan says the goal is to make college more accessible to low-income students.
"In North Adams, we are talking about low-income students having more access to college," he says.
Currently, students can take AP classes and have access to two MCLA classes, world history and anatomy and physiology, Callahan says.
The school is looking to expand those options by creating three specific "pathways" that students could focus on: health sciences, education, and computer science.
The program aims to make college more financially accessible with the free courses and give students more support, like counseling and tutoring, than they would have alongside a typical college course.
"It's that additional layer of safety," Callahan says. Read the Entire Article
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