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Family Features Reading is a foundation for learning, yet a vast gap exists in access to books for low-income neighborhoods. According to the Handbook of Literacy Research, in low-income neighborhoods, the ratio of books per child is just one age-appropriate book for every 300 children. Without books in the...
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Cuando comencé en Stanford este otoño como estudiante universitaria de primera generación, automáticamente sentí una inmensa presión. Sentí la necesidad de demostrar que merecía mi lugar, especialmente cuando Observé a mis compañeros, muchos de los cuales provenían de entornos acomodados y ya tenían impresionantes pasantías preparadas para el verano y...
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When I first started at Stanford this fall as a first-generation college student, I automatically felt a sense of immense pressure. I felt a need to prove that I deserved my spot — especially as I looked at my peers, many of whom came from affluent backgrounds and already...
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En dos semanas, los distritos escolares de California podrán dejar de exigir que estudiantes y personal usen mascarillas, ya que el estado anuncio este lunes que eliminara el uso obligatorio en las escuelas después del 11 de marzo. Hasta ahora, el Departamento de Salud Pública de California solo recomienda ampliamente que...
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School districts across California can stop requiring students and staff to wear masks in two weeks, since the state announced Monday it is dropping the mask mandate in schools after March 11. The California Department of Public Health now only strongly recommends people wear masks in schools, given plunging caseloads and...
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Roberto Cintli Rodriguez, who grew up in Southern California, is an emeritus associate professor in Mexican American Studies at the University of Arizona. He is the author of several books, including “Our Sacred Maiz is Our Mother.” In 2017, a Maya elder, Carlos Armando Dzul, took me to a...
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Roberto Cintli Rodríguez, quien creció en el sur de California, es profesor asociado emérito de Estudios México-Estadounidenses en la Universidad de Arizona. Es autor de varios libros, entre ellos “Nuestro Sagrado Maíz es Nuestra Madre”. En 2017, un anciano maya, Carlos Armando Dzul, me llevó a una iglesia en...
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Un nuevo programa de California recompensará económicamente a los estudiantes universitarios por ser voluntarios en servicio comunitario – pero menos de la mitad de su dinero presupuestado se destinará a ayuda estudiantil real. El programa California Volunteers, patrocinado por College Corps, destinará $159 millones a estudiantes que hagan servicio comunitario...
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A new California program to financially reward college students for volunteering has drawn national attention — but less than half of its budgeted money is going to actual student aid. The California Volunteers College Corps program, backed by $159 million in mostly state money, promises to award up to $10,000 to 6,668 low-income students who...
Family Features Reading is a foundation for learning, yet a vast gap exists in access to books for low-income neighborhoods. According to the Handbook of Literacy Research, in low-income neighborhoods, the ratio of books per child is just one age-appropriate book for every 300 children. Without books in the...
Cuando comencé en Stanford este otoño como estudiante universitaria de primera generación, automáticamente sentí una inmensa presión. Sentí la necesidad de demostrar que merecía mi lugar, especialmente cuando Observé a mis compañeros, muchos de los cuales provenían de entornos acomodados y ya tenían impresionantes pasantías preparadas para el verano y...
When I first started at Stanford this fall as a first-generation college student, I automatically felt a sense of immense pressure. I felt a need to prove that I deserved my spot — especially as I looked at my peers, many of whom came from affluent backgrounds and already...
En dos semanas, los distritos escolares de California podrán dejar de exigir que estudiantes y personal usen mascarillas, ya que el estado anuncio este lunes que eliminara el uso obligatorio en las escuelas después del 11 de marzo. Hasta ahora, el Departamento de Salud Pública de California solo recomienda ampliamente que...
School districts across California can stop requiring students and staff to wear masks in two weeks, since the state announced Monday it is dropping the mask mandate in schools after March 11. The California Department of Public Health now only strongly recommends people wear masks in schools, given plunging caseloads and...
Roberto Cintli Rodriguez, who grew up in Southern California, is an emeritus associate professor in Mexican American Studies at the University of Arizona. He is the author of several books, including “Our Sacred Maiz is Our Mother.” In 2017, a Maya elder, Carlos Armando Dzul, took me to a...
Roberto Cintli Rodríguez, quien creció en el sur de California, es profesor asociado emérito de Estudios México-Estadounidenses en la Universidad de Arizona. Es autor de varios libros, entre ellos “Nuestro Sagrado Maíz es Nuestra Madre”. En 2017, un anciano maya, Carlos Armando Dzul, me llevó a una iglesia en...
Un nuevo programa de California recompensará económicamente a los estudiantes universitarios por ser voluntarios en servicio comunitario – pero menos de la mitad de su dinero presupuestado se destinará a ayuda estudiantil real. El programa California Volunteers, patrocinado por College Corps, destinará $159 millones a estudiantes que hagan servicio comunitario...
A new California program to financially reward college students for volunteering has drawn national attention — but less than half of its budgeted money is going to actual student aid. The California Volunteers College Corps program, backed by $159 million in mostly state money, promises to award up to $10,000 to 6,668 low-income students who...