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State Superintendent of Schools Mike Flanagan speaks with superintendents of local school systems about the Early College Alliance (ECA) program...
http://www.emich.edu/focus_emu/032508/flanaganphoto.html

Early College Alliance holds great promise
http://www.mlive.com/columns/aanews/index.ssf?/base/
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State Schools Chief Praises EMU Early College Alliance
http://publicbroadcasting.net/wemu/
news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1247141§ionID=1

Early College AllianceSM Provides Students Access to Success
http://www.cenmi.org/LeadingChange/W08/article12.asp

EMU accepting applications for Early College Alliance
http://www.emich.edu/focus_emu/031108/ecacollegecredits.html

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Useful Links
Early College High School Initiative
http://www.earlycolleges.org/

The Middle College National Consortium
http://www.laguardia.edu/mcnc/

Jobs for the Future
http://www.jff.org/

Michigan Department of Education
http://www.mi.gov/mde/

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Articles of Interest
A short summary on dual enrollment and its benefits for low income students:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/05/30/dual

Accelerated Learning for All
http://earlycollegealliance/files/acceleratedlearning.pdf

Gaining Traction, Gaining Ground: How Some High Schools Accelerate Learning for Struggling Students
http://earlycollegealliance/files/GainingTraction.pdf

GEAR UP Michigan!
http://earlycollegealliance/files/GEARUPMichigan.pdf

The Governor's Education Summit
http://earlycollegealliance/files/GovernorsSummit.pdf

High School Reform: What Will It Take to Engage Teens?
http://earlycollegealliance/files/EngageTeens.pdf

"High-School Students Are Helped by Taking College Courses, Study Finds"
http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/10/393n.htm

Leap Forward @ ECA
http://earlycollegealliance/files/LeapForward.pdf

The Power to Change - High Schools that Help All Students Achieve
http://earlycollegealliance/files/ThePowerToChange.pdf

What Will It Take to Get the High Schools We Need?

Washtenaw County Eight Common Expectations for Student Learning
http://www.wash.k12.mi.us/achieveinit/beyondmeap.cfm

Why School Reforms Fail: Executive Summary
http://www.serve.org/_downloads/REL/LearningfromFailure.pdf

Graduating, but with right skills?
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ article?AID=/20070531/NEWS06/705310381

Thinking K-16: Ticket to Nowhere
http://www.earlycollegealliance.org/files/ThinkingK-16.pdf

Our factory-model schools are soul-killers for students
http://www.projo.com/education/juliasteiny/content/ se_educationwatch9_12-09-07_3E857EH_v14.16aec4c.html

Urban Schools Aiming Higher Than Diploma
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/education/ 17college.html?ex=1201323600 &en=62e4f26366ed3eea&ei=5070&emc=eta1

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Ypsilanti, MI 48197

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