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Developing a College-Going Culture in a Middle School: A Toolkit
Resource Guide
This is a compilation of existing products that aim to assist in creating a college-going culture for middle schools. We’ve searched the Web, scoured the Web sites, and put together a list of all the resources we could find with brief summaries of each. You can use the matrix to narrow down the list of products that best fit your needs.
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Resource |
Teacher resource |
Student resource |
Parent resource |
Other |
Cost* |
Web site with info |
Free |
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US DOE’s Getting Ready for College Early |
Web site with info |
Free |
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US DOE's Think College Early |
Web site with info |
Web site with info |
Web site with info |
Free |
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Web site with info |
Free |
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Web site with info |
Free |
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Book with “strategies” |
Book with “strategies” |
Book with “strategies” |
Also, targeted towards mentors |
$15.95 |
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Quick guide with “strategies” |
Quick guide with “strategies” |
Quick guide with “strategies” |
$5.95 |
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A Middle School Plan for Students with College-Bound Dreams: Workbook |
Activities and strategies |
Activities and strategies |
Activities and strategies |
Also, targeted towards mentors, counselors, coaches |
$15.95 |
A Web site with links to more resources |
A Web site with links to more resources |
A Web site with links to more resources |
A Web site with links to more resources |
Varies |
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US DOE’s My future, my way |
Workbook with info |
Free |
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Document with info |
Free |
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Curriculum |
Web site with info |
Web site with info |
Unknown |
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UC Berkeley’s Realizing the College Dream |
Curriculum guide |
Curriculum guide for counselors and CBOs |
Free |
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Turning Point's Creating Partnerships, Bridging Worlds |
School-level guide |
Free |
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Indiana’s Drive of Your Life |
Curriculum |
Web site with inventory |
Free |
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NCCEP’s Éxito Escolar |
Curriculum |
Films and workbook (shared with parents) |
Workbook (shared with student) |
$19.99 |
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Sallie Mae's Kids2College |
Curriculum |
Free |
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Web site with info |
Web site with info |
Web site with info for schools |
Free |
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Illinois’ College Zone |
Web site with info |
Web site with info |
Web site with info |
Web site with info for counselors |
Free |
Booklets |
Free |
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CERT's College: Making it Happen |
Booklet and video |
Booklet and video |
Free |
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NASFAA's Campaign for Early Awareness |
Web site with info |
Web site with info for schools |
Free |
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AVID's College Path |
Curriculum |
Curriculum |
Unknown |
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College Board’s CollegeEd |
Curriculum |
Workbook |
Handbook |
For each grade: |
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Research study report and recommendations |
Free |
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Sallie Mae Report of Middle School Impact |
Research study report and recommendations |
Free |
NOTE: The costs reported here were current as of September 2009. These are subject to change.
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