Early College High School Schools

This is an annotated bibliography on the effects of the introduction of early college high schools into the United States school systems. I am researching how the early college high schools function and their overall impact on the American education.
DiMaria, Frank. "The Early College High School Initiative." The Education Digest, vol. 79, no. 1, Fall 2013, pp. 64-68.
In this volume of a journal published by Frank DiMaria, he explains the Early College High School Initiative from a Hispanic view. This article involves the description of the Early College High School Initiative, the results of this program, and the activities that are involved with the Early College program. The introduction Early College High Schools help the families that couldn’t otherwise send their children to college, and the ones who could, get two years of college courses, which are equal to an associates degree, tuition free alongside a regular high school diploma. These schools partner with a college in the district and half of the Early College schools are on a college campus. The results of these Early College Schools are that over 90% of the student body graduates with most earning the two years of college credit. Unfortunately, these …show more content…
He emphasizes how each college that has been paired with an ECHS program has different specialties to offer to that school. He also states that the online flexibility of the college courses has attracted students that are as far as two hours away. This close relationship between the college and the Early College School has helped students get an understanding of what will be required of them when they are in classes and when they transfer to other schools. I will be using this research to better understand the relationship between the colleges and the Early College Schools they are paired