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Rural community colleges face a lot of challenges, but many have turned determination into innovation, with best practices showcased in a new report from the Aspen Institute. Researchers singled out efforts at two rural California community colleges. Kate Mahar, associate vice president of innovation and strategic initiatives at Shasta College explained...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters Thousands of adult Californians without a high school diploma want to take college classes. Unfortunately, those classes aren’t free, and the lack of a high school diploma cuts off access to most financial aid. The good news is, there’s a fix. The bad news is most...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters Miles de californianos adultos sin un diploma de escuela secundaria quieren tomar clases universitarias. Desafortunadamente, esas clases no son gratuitas y la falta de un diploma de escuela secundaria impide el acceso a la mayor parte de la ayuda financiera. La buena noticia es que hay...
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Joe Hong & Erica Yee A la mitad de un día escolar en febrero, el salón de clases de sexto grado de Theresa Griffin en Stege Elementary está más caótico que de costumbre. En la pizarra blanca, Griffin escribe los nombres de los estudiantes habladores que se quedarán después...
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Joe Hong & Erica Yee CalMatters Halfway through a chilly school day in February, Theresa Griffin’s sixth grade classroom at Stege Elementary is more chaotic than usual. On the white board, Griffin writes the names of talkative students who will be staying behind after the lunch bell rings. A...
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Megan Tagami CalMatters En una lluviosa tarde de viernes en la Santa Mónica High School, la maestra de estudios étnicos Marisa Silvestri presentó a su clase la canción de rap “Kenji”. Mientras el cantante Mike Shinoda narraba las experiencias de su familia en los campos de encarcelamiento estadounidenses de...
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Megan Tagami CalMatters On a rainy Friday afternoon at Santa Monica High School, ethnic studies teacher Marisa Silvestri introduced her class to the rap song “Kenji.” As singer Mike Shinoda narrated his family’s experiences in the Japanese American incarceration camps of World War II, Silvestri’s class fell silent. After...
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Los nuevos hallazgos confirman las sospechas sobre las principales razones por las que muchos estudiantes consideraron abandonar la universidad en los últimos seis meses. El informe de la Fundación Gallup y Lumina, ” Estrés y Abandono: La Crisis de Salud Mental en la Educación Superior”, revela que aproximadamente tres...
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New findings confirm suspicions about the top reasons many students considered dropping out of college over the last six months. The Gallup and Lumina Foundation report, “Stressed Out and Stopping Out: The Mental Health Crisis in Higher Education,” reveals about three in five undergraduates say emotional stress and mental...
Rural community colleges face a lot of challenges, but many have turned determination into innovation, with best practices showcased in a new report from the Aspen Institute. Researchers singled out efforts at two rural California community colleges. Kate Mahar, associate vice president of innovation and strategic initiatives at Shasta College explained...
Adam Echelman CalMatters Thousands of adult Californians without a high school diploma want to take college classes. Unfortunately, those classes aren’t free, and the lack of a high school diploma cuts off access to most financial aid. The good news is, there’s a fix. The bad news is most...
Adam Echelman CalMatters Miles de californianos adultos sin un diploma de escuela secundaria quieren tomar clases universitarias. Desafortunadamente, esas clases no son gratuitas y la falta de un diploma de escuela secundaria impide el acceso a la mayor parte de la ayuda financiera. La buena noticia es que hay...
Joe Hong & Erica Yee A la mitad de un día escolar en febrero, el salón de clases de sexto grado de Theresa Griffin en Stege Elementary está más caótico que de costumbre. En la pizarra blanca, Griffin escribe los nombres de los estudiantes habladores que se quedarán después...
Joe Hong & Erica Yee CalMatters Halfway through a chilly school day in February, Theresa Griffin’s sixth grade classroom at Stege Elementary is more chaotic than usual. On the white board, Griffin writes the names of talkative students who will be staying behind after the lunch bell rings. A...
Megan Tagami CalMatters En una lluviosa tarde de viernes en la Santa Mónica High School, la maestra de estudios étnicos Marisa Silvestri presentó a su clase la canción de rap “Kenji”. Mientras el cantante Mike Shinoda narraba las experiencias de su familia en los campos de encarcelamiento estadounidenses de...
Megan Tagami CalMatters On a rainy Friday afternoon at Santa Monica High School, ethnic studies teacher Marisa Silvestri introduced her class to the rap song “Kenji.” As singer Mike Shinoda narrated his family’s experiences in the Japanese American incarceration camps of World War II, Silvestri’s class fell silent. After...
Los nuevos hallazgos confirman las sospechas sobre las principales razones por las que muchos estudiantes consideraron abandonar la universidad en los últimos seis meses. El informe de la Fundación Gallup y Lumina, ” Estrés y Abandono: La Crisis de Salud Mental en la Educación Superior”, revela que aproximadamente tres...