“Howard U prof: College scam exposes “deception” that wealthy succeed through hard work alone. “If you don’t buy into the notion that rich people are disproportionately smarter than the average person, then there are a lot of things that you would consider pretty fishy,” says Ivory Toldson, president of Quality Education for Minorities. That people…
Dr. Juan Benitez is the Executive Director of the Center for Community Engagement at California State University, Long Beach and an Associate Professor in the Department of Chicano and Latino Studies there. He also represents the Third District on the Long Beach Unified School Board. Dr. Benitez has a long history in education as both…
“High school valedictorians are the best in their class academically. But a new report finds that the top graduates of Boston’s public high schools are encountering great obstacles to attaining educational and economic milestones. John Yang talks to the Boston Globe’s Malcolm Gay, one of the story’s reporters, about how former stars are struggling and…
Early childhood education is important. Children who know or recognize fewer than 1,000 words by age 3 are trailing when they start kindergarten. This story was written for the second print issue of Palacio Magazine in September 2015. Most of the issues discussed in the article are as relevant today as they were then. By…
By Antonio Ruiz There’s a great view of the Long Beach harbor from the Ocean Avenue offices of the Molina Foundation and Dr. Martha Molina Bernadett, its founder. But there seems to be little time to appreciate it. There’s too much to do. Like connecting the dots between Education and Health. “Well, the intersection of…
Lionel Gonzalez knows firsthand the challenges that a young person faces. When he was in high school, he was labeled at risk. “In High School, I was put on probation because I was in a car accident and my best friend died…I ran a red light [and] I missed a whole year of school.” Lionel…
“As Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh objects to being held accountable for his behavior in high school, we look at the criminalization of black and brown students that has led to what is known as the school-to-prison pipeline. We speak with a roundtable of community activists engaged in the fight to save schools and push…
“Puerto Rico’s school system was struggling long before Hurricane Maria struck a year ago. But the disaster exacerbated deep problems, as schools were destroyed, thousands of children moved to the U.S. mainland and students struggle with trauma. Now, special correspondent Kavitha Cardoza of Education Week reports, the system is at a crossroads as the schools’…
“Mr. Lamont Sellers discusses ways to make changes supporting diversity on University campuses. Mr. Lamont Sellers serves as the current Associate Vice President for Diversity and Senior Diversity Officer for the University of South Dakota. Sellers was most recently the inaugural director of the Center for Diversity & Community at USD. He holds a BA…
Regina Cash has education in her blood. Cash is the Director of Academic and Professional Programs at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), College of Continuing and Professional Education. She oversees all the degree and professional development programs for the college. The programs are for returning adult students who want to pursue tune-ups to their…