No Barriers
Great teachers, it is said, open pathways to success for their students. But Hermelinda Aguirre has a different narrative. She maintains the gateway to her dreams was opened by a brilliant transition [Read more]
Education
Finding the right notes for success
Amy Barthel understands the delicate transition students face in leaving elementary school and transitioning to middle school. As the fine arts coordinator for the Washoe County School District [Read more]
A welcoming community, great teachers and plenty of opportunity to grow
Westlake Charter School’s approach to education invests not only in students’ academic readiness, but in their social-emotional readiness as well. Students share what they enjoy most about [Read more]
Where Learning Never Stops
For Lourdes Melchor Suastegui, education is a journey. Once she decided to get her high school diploma, she wasn’t going to stop. “I am a mother of three boys, two of them are twins,” explained [Read more]
Bridging the Gap
Media research confirms what common sense tells us: We are more willing to take in information from a trusted messenger. And that is further enhanced if the message comes in our home language. What [Read more]
Social-Emotional Learning in Adult Education
“When I started this job, I told myself I wanted to teach in the way I would want to be a student in my own class,” says Timothy Amaral, a GED instructor for the Salinas Adult School and [Read more]
Amplifying your story through social media
Hard to imagine there was a time, not so long ago, when telephones hung on kitchen walls and didn’t accompany your grandmother anywhere. Her “screen time” was watching the new [Read more]
Creating Pathways Out of Poverty
For more than a century, adult education has helped residents of Tulare and Kings counties learn the skills they need for better lives. As the region prepares for future growth and pivots after the [Read more]
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