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May 17, 2013 Preparing Students to Be College-Ready
By: Sarah Murphy, Teaching Excellence Instructional Coach
Natalie Lund’s unique experience in education makes her an expert on that which is most pressing to teachers in the classroom: truly readying students for college. Natalie’s TFA placement school was YES Prep East End, and she thrived... READ MORE |
April 23, 2013 US News and World Report Ranks Three
The 2013 US News and World Report Best Public High School rankings are out!
Based on the methodology, only three of our eleven campuses qualified for a ranking in 2013—YES Prep Southeast, YES Prep North Central and for the first time, YES Prep Southwest.
http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-... READ MORE |
April 22, 2013 Two Broad Prize Winners Partner To
On Tuesday, April 16,2013 the Aldine ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimouslyto approve a contract to allow YES Prep Public Schools to open a campus charter program within Aldine ISD. The YES Prep Board voted unanimously as well to approve the contract. This is YES Prep’s third district partnership... READ MORE |
March 19, 2013 Curriculum Flashbacks
By Petra Claflin
Recently at YES Prep, all teachers from across the district got together for “Reading Day.” Every teacher for a particular course sat down in a room together, made sure they all agreed on how to apply the scoring rubrics consistently for all the free response questions on the most... READ MORE |
March 19, 2013 College Admissions: By the Numbers
College application season is in full swing on our campuses with Senior classes! In recognition of all of the quizzes that our Seniors have taken during their career at YES Prep, a quiz on College Admissions at YES Prep: By the Numbers (answers below):
Question #1: 4 is:
a) Harvard University’s... READ MORE |