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Tuesday, November 7, 2006

  • Number of early college high schools funded since 2002: 130

  • Number funded through 2010: 250

  • Philanthropic funding for the initiative: $120 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Carnegie Corp., the Ford Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation

  • States that have allocated additional money: North Carolina, Utah, Texas and Georgia

  • Targeted groups: minority students, English language learners and students from low-income families or whose parents did not go to college

  • Portion of students in these programs who are African American or Hispanic: 66 percent

    • SOURCE: Jobs for the Future



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