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Scholarships that keep students in the high school race (CommonWealth, 6/1/11)
June 1, 2011
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In an article in CommonWealth magazine, Bob Hildreth, founder and executive director of Families United in Educational Leadership, recommends that scholarship money available to graduating high school students be promoted early in the high school years as incentive to graduate. He suggests that prospective scholarship money can motivate students to stay in school and that, “when parents learn that college is within their financial reach, they are more likely to save for it and encourage their children to study.” He also urges that information about fianancial aid be made more accessible, understandable, and actionable for students and their families.
Hildreth refers to “a recent study by the Harvard Family Research Project [that] cites over 40 years of research to confirm that family engagement improves school readiness, student academic achievement, and graduation rates.”
Read “Scholarships that keep students in the high school race” on CommonWealth magazine’s website.