Bard Early College Publishes BHSEC Baltimore Impact Report

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND — Bard Early College recently published an impact reportevaluating the postsecondary outcomes of students graduating from Bard High School EarlyCollege Baltimore (BHSEC Baltimore) and how those outcomes compare to students citywide.This evaluation uses data sets collected and compiled by the Baltimore Education ResearchConsortium on college access and completion for Baltimore City Schools graduates, […]

2023 Associate in Arts Commencement Ceremony for BHSEC Manhattan, Newark, and Queens

The President and Trustees of Bard College, The Faculties of Bard High School Early College (BHSEC) Manhattan, Queens, and Newark and the Members of the Class of 2023 together welcomed family, friends, and staff to our 2023 Associate in Arts (AA) Commencement Ceremony. On June 26th, the graduates celebrated their commencement at The Town Hall […]

Bard Early College 2022: A Year In Review

Read about the exciting happenings in 2022 for the Bard Early Colleges. View the report here.

BHSEC Queens Y1 speaks to the strengths of early college education in the Gotham Gazette

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Bard Early College’s Stephen Tremaine and Dumaine Williams call for more access to early college education in The 74

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BHSEC Cleveland student describes recovering – academically and personally – from the pandemic in Chalkbeat op-ed

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Bard Early College’s history as a leading force for innovation profiled in Education Next

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Bard High School in Baltimore announces $1.5 million grant will go toward advising for students

Baltimore’s Bard High School Early College announced Monday that it received a $1.5 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies, which officials plan to use to improve advising for students. Read more

A Message to the Bard Early College Community

Dear friends, We stand with the Black Lives Matter movement and with the protests against racism, injustice, and police brutality. We are committed to fighting against systemic racism and inequity and working towards a better, more just and civil society, through the intersection of education and social justice. Read more

Bard Early College New Orleans Awards First Associate’s Degrees in Socially Distanced Graduation Ceremony

Syi’Riah Singer was just 8 years old when her mother died from Lupus, a chronic and devastating autoimmune disease. But on Wednesday, Singer held a framed picture of her mother to her chest as she became one of the few New Orleans students to get a degree from college as a graduating senior in high […]

DC Mayor announces investment in permanent building for Bard DC

The District would substantially increase education spending next academic year, even as the city’s budget is crippled by the ongoing public health crisis, under a proposal released Monday by Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D). Read more

BHSEC Baltimore Principal Francesca Gamber on School Choice, Equity for City’s Students

The District would substantially increase education spending next academic year, even as the city’s budget is crippled by the ongoing public health crisis, under a proposal released Monday by Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D). The spending plan calls for a 3 percent increase for each public school student — slightly less than the 4 percent increase Bowser […]

Ithaka S+R: New Case Study: Bard High School Early College

There is immense value in a rigorous, broad-based, liberal arts education. Through rich discussion, application, and writing across a variety of disciplines, the liberal arts prepares students for their careers and readies them for lifelong learning and adapting to new circumstances, skills with increasing importance in the age of automation. Yet, access to the valuable […]

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• Bard High School Early College Leads New York State in On-Time College Success
• Bard High School Early College Launches in Washington, D.C., Offering Path to College for City’s Poorest Students
• Student Workshops at Bard High School Early College (BHSEC) Cleveland Promote a Culture of Digging Deep
• BHSEC Newark’s Gail Horowitz: For First-Generation Students, Knowing How to Study Can Mean the Difference between Success and Failure
• BHSEC Baltimore Principal Francesca Gamber Receives 2019 Heart of the School Award
• Bard Early College Alumna Named to Crain’s New York 40 Under 40 List
• Bard Early College Alumna Makes Grist List of Top 50 Innovators
• Early College Alumna Raspberry Simpson Is Developing the Fuel of the Future at MIT
• The New York Times: He Struggled at School, but Now Success Is Adding Up
• Bard Partners with D.C. Schools on New Early College
• Bard Early College Academy at KIPP Renaissance High School in New Orleans Welcomes Inaugural Class of 45 Students
• Bard High School Early College in Cleveland Graduates Its First Four-Year Cohort
• Opinion: BHSEC Newark Principal Carla Stephens on Creating Affordable Pathways to College
• Scenes from My High School’s Walkout: Bard High School Early College Alumna Eve Peyser Returns to Her Alma Mater
• No Fear: How Bard High School Early College Cleveland Helped a Student Find Her Voice
• Bard Early College New Orleans Announces Full-Day Program
• New York City Expands Integration Program, Adding the Prestigious Bard High School in Queens
• Bard High School Early College Queens to Receive $1.5 Million Grant from New York State Education Department
• BHSEC Students: Let Teens Vote
• BHSEC Baltimore Student Tyler Williams on Being Black in Baltimore and Finding the Language to Express the Complexity of that Truth
• Students Graduate with Associate Degrees from Baltimore’s Bard High School Early College
• Bard Joins Steering Committee of New College in High School Alliance
• Spotlight on Bard Early Colleges in The Atlantic: Early College Doesn’t Mean Abandoning the Liberal Arts
• Carnegie Corporation Awards Bard College $1.5 Million Grant to Establish New Center for Early College
• The New York Post: Both NYC BHSEC campuses listed as top dual-enrollment schools in the city
• The New York Times: BHSEC Manhattan Alum Writes About Modernizing the New York Times Archive
• Connect Corporate: BHSEC Manhattan Alum Featured as One of 2016’s 40 Under 40
• NewsChannel 5: Federal Pell Grants Now Offered to High School Students
• The Chronicle of Higher Education: Interview with Ian Bickford, Provost of Bard College at Simon’s Rock
• Lawyer Herald: FTC Sues for-profit DeVry University Over Job, Earning Claims
• The Bay Net: Governor Larry Hogan Announces the Maryland Early Graduation Scholarship
• WMAR Baltimore: Bard Early College Baltimore Offers Students Opportunity to Earn Tuition-Free College Degree
• Center Maryland Exclusive: Bard Early College Baltimore Center of Intellectual Energy and Community
• Be Smart: Teaching Math So Students Can Learn It
• DNAInfo: LES Teacher Wins Prestigious Award for Math and Science Instruction
• NY Daily News: The Newsies! Honors Three New York City High School Students for Excellence in Photojournalism
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation: How Early College High Schools Improve Higher Ed Completion
• Niche: BHSEC Queens Ranked 8th Best Public High School in New York State
• Hechinger Report: Improving Lackluster U.S. High Schools
• Thomas B. Fordham Institute: Pell Grants Should Go (Only) to Needy Students Who are Ready for College
• Hechinger Report: Public Early Colleges Quietly Solve U.S. Inequity
• The Baltimore Sun: In Bard, Baltimore School Officials Hope to Pave a Free Path to College
• Two of the Top 40: BHSEC Manhattan, BHSEC Queens
• Learning the Liberal Arts: Earning a Diploma and an Associate’s Degree in Public High School
• MD Governor Hogan cites BHSEC Baltimore in Sun Editorial: The Economic Engine of Maryland
• The Times-Picayune: New Orleans Students Discuss What It Means to Be Human
• Newsweek: Top High Schools for Low-Income Students
• The Baltimore Sun: The Case for Shortening High School
• Hudson Valley News: Gibson Lobbies for Early College Bill at Bard
• The Washington Post: One proposal to help poor students get to college: Pay to send them early
• InformEd Blog: Want a Faster, Cheaper Way to Get a College Degree? Start in High School
• The Academy for Teachers: Seven Bard High School Early College Manhattan Teachers Are Honored
• The Atlantic: What Happens When Struggling High School Students Take College Classes
• Afro.com: Governor Larry Hogan Announces State-Approved Early College Partnership Between Baltimore City
• The Times-Picayune: College for All: Seniors Discuss N.O. Public Schools
• Diverse Education: Give All Students a Chance to Walk Across the Stage
• Fox 8 Live: Operation Graduation
• The Villager: Students Keep the Energy and the Dialogue Going