DoD funds college-readiness program at area high schools
Share
Tweet
Last updated 2/3/2021 at 4:09pm
A two-year College Readiness Program from the National Math and Science Initiative is launching at Fountain-Fort Carson High School, Widefield High School and Mesa Ridge High School, all military-connected schools near Fort Carson. The U.S. Department of Defense funds the program.
After one year in NMSI's CRP, students at military-impacted schools average a 45-percent increase in mastery of college-level concepts in math and science - compared to the national average increase of 5.6 percent. That increase is 81.5 percent for Black students, 34 percent for Latinos and 38.4 percent for female...
For access to this article please
sign in or
subscribe.
Reader Comments(0)