“For years the for-profit college sector boomed, but consumer complaints about fraud led the Obama administration to crack down: Two major for-profit chains were closed, and new regulations provided more forgiveness for student debt. Recently, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has been taking a very different approach. Amna Nawaz talks with Anya Kamenetz of NPR…
Dr. Reagan Romali will mark her one-year anniversary as Superintendent-President of the Long Beach Community College District (LBCCD) in May. In our recent interview, I asked her to point to the one accomplishment for which she was the proudest and it was a big one, an accreditation report to the commission that basically gives you…
“In this compelling talk, Onijai proposes a new educational arrangement for students in the Bay Area that lack equal educational opportunity; one that prioritizes better connections with teachers, stronger community relationships, and equipped with all the bells and whistles of an elite private institution. Ultimately, it’s about leveling the playing field. Not just better schools…
“When Mandy Manning received her 2018 Teacher of the Year award at the White House Wednesday, the press was barred from her speech, and President Trump did not mention who she teaches: immigrant and refugee children. While she was at the White House, Manning handed President Donald Trump a stack of letters from her refugee…
Jorgel Chavez is very involved at Long Beach City College (LBCC) and his community. He’s the outgoing Student Trustee on the LBCC Board of Trustees as well as on the board of the Associated Student Body (ASB is the voice for LBCC students). Somehow, Jorgel Chavez has also found time to serve on two honor…
“In the last 15 years, the number of black children in homeschool has doubled from 103,000 to about 220,000. Black parents cite a number of reasons for homeschooling children, including concern over peer pressure and drugs at school — but increasingly, they are also citing school-related racism as a reason to keep students at home….
“Teacher strikes and walkouts have been spreading from West Virginia to Arizona. Thousands of Kentucky educators rallied on Friday at their state Capitol, as Oklahoma’s largest teachers’ union called for an end to their nine-day walkout. William Brangham talks with Sarah Jaffe, author of “Necessary Trouble,” about what these states have in common and why…
“Education officials in Puerto Rico announced 283 schools will remain closed this summer nearly seven months after Hurricane Maria struck. They say the hurricane has exacerbated the U.S. territory’s economic slump as families continue to depart for the mainland. Danica Coto, a reporter for the Associated Press, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss what’s at stake…
Dr. Juan Benitez is the Executive Director for the Center for Community Engagement (CCE) and an Associate Professor in the Department of Chicano and Latino Studies at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB). He’s also a candidate, for a second time, to represent the Third District on the Long Beach Unified School Board. PalacioMagazine.com asked…
Long Beach Unified School Board Third District Candidate Cesar Armendariz came to the United States from Ecuador when he was ten years old. As he tells his story, Armendariz speaks about how he was challenged by language and culture. “Coming to the United States was a complete culture shock for me.” Bullied in middle school,…