What's a High School Diploma Worth in 2014?
Submitted by rosalundj on 04/27/14
More than half of all community college students must take at least one “remedial” class to bring their skills up to college level. Most students who require multiple remedial courses never finish their degrees or certificates. Students in remedial classes have to pay to learn material in college that they should have gained free-of-charge in high school. It’s wrong. It’s unfair. It’s got to change.
Dreaded Conversations: Race and Ethnicity
Submitted by rosalundj on 04/10/14
America is not a “post-racial” society. Young children's innocent actions show that racial divisions still exist.
Infants notice skin color differences as young as six months of age. Toddlers learn to recognize, label, and categorize themselves in racial terms.
Three-year-olds shown pictures of other children usually pick kids of their own race as those they'd befriend. Given cards with pictures of people and asked to sort them any way they chose, 13 percent of six-year-olds sorted by gender, but 68 percent sorted by race.
The Pro Sports Lie
Submitted by rosalundj on 12/08/14
Our Pro Sports Lie videos and graphics equip adults to talk with kids about balancing sports and academics in our "fame-obsessed" culture. Even kids who don't play sports benefit from knowing the facts. Balancing academics with sports or other activities as early as elementary school positions all kids for more opportunities to succeed after high school.
¿Cuáles son los requisitos para solicitar una beca para la universidad a través de WASFA?
Submitted by Zea on 10/25/14
Para solicitar ayuda financiera estatal a través del Programa WASFA se requiere:
• Haberse graduado de una preparatoria en el estado de Washington o poseer un certificado de Desarrollo Educativo General (GED).
• Haber residido en el estado de Washington por lo menos los tres años anteriores a la obtención del certificado de preparatoria o equivalente (o a partir de la obtención del mismo).
• Firmar una promesa escrita de solicitar el estado de “Residente Permanente de los Estados Unidos” cuando se tenga la capacidad legal de hacerlo.*
El DREAM Act de Washington State Representa Una Gran Oportunidad de Acceso a la Educación Superior Para Estudiantes Indocumentados
Submitted by Zea on 10/25/14
El pasado 26 de Febrero el Gobernador Jay Inslee autorizó la propuesta de ley “REAL Hope Act” (version estatal del DREAM Act), lo cual posiciona al Estado de Washington en el cuarto estado a nivel nacional en permitir el acceso a estudiantes calificados a ayuda financiera estatal para cubrir los gastos de la Universidad.
Nuestro estado experimentará un gran incremento en el número de estudiantes indocumentados graduados de las preparatorias, así como de aquellos admitidos y graduados de las universidades.
