Following statistics support the need for both Early and Middle College Schools.
- In the early 2000's, the Early College High School Initiative took all of these features and expanded upon them, setting up a clear track to a definitive goal: an associate’s degree. By 2009, the program boasted an 85 percent graduation rate nationwide, with 65 percent of its students accepted to four-year colleges” (Butrymowitz).
(http://hechingerreport.org/content/early-college-programs-get-real-learn...)
As of the 2010-11 school year:
75,000 students in 28 states are attending early college high schools.
We (the students of MCNC Student Leadership Conf.) would like to increase funding for this type of program. Read about MCNC at: http://www.mcnc.us/