During the junior year of high school. But many students are working with College Counselors earlier, some as young as eighth grade. Stacy kadesh what were gonna do today, elizabeth, is were going to talk about the classes that you think you might wanna take in high school. Jessica Elizabeth Romero will start her freshman year of high school this fall but shes already focused on college. Elizabeth romero whats it like applying to a college . Jessica elizabeth is working with a private College Adviser to lay the groundwork for her college dream. Stacy is that going okay . Elizabeth its going to be a process, but i know that starting this early is really gonna help me with it. Stacy those will be good choices. Stacy when i meet with students as early eighth grade what theyre asking me to help them with is based on my interests, based on my skills and my abilities, what classes should i be taking . Jessica Stacey Kadesh says a growing number of students are arriving at her office earlier
At the center of a highprofile lawsuit before the u. S. Supreme court. Now heres nbc bay areas jessica aguirre. Jessica aguirre hello, and welcome to our education special, class action, where we look at trends, politics, and controversies in schools. Im jessica aguirre. And tonight with begin with private college counseling, a growing industry, serving younger and younger students. Now, applying to college is anxious, nerveracking, and so stressful. So lots of students and their families want help, and some are turning to private counselors usually during the junior year of high school. But many students are working with College Counselors earlier, some as young as eighth grade. Stacy kadesh what were gonna do today, elizabeth, is were going to talk about the classes that you think you might wanna take in high school. Jessica Elizabeth Romero will start her freshman year of high school this fall, but shes already focused on college. Elizabeth romero whats it like applying to a college
To protect nonconformists of all stripes. The core particularly focused on schools because the case involved a two Elementary School girls. Said because schools are educating the young for citizenship, they must scrupulously protect individual rights if we are not to strangle the free mind at its source and to teach youths to discount important principles of government as mere mere platitudes that you can watch this and other programs on my netbook tv. Org. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] at evening, everyone. Thank you all so much for coming out tonight for this event. I one of the coowners of politics and prose. My husband and coowner, Business Partner brad graham is floating around in the back somewhere and on behalf of our staff we welcome you to the event tonight. A few housekeeping matters before we get started and i think most of you have been to events here, but for anyone who hasnt, our guest will speak about her book and then we will take questions at the
Hermine. It sounds like it was downgrade . It came across the coast as a hurricane now weakening to a Tropical Storm. Weather around here obviously is nice and cool to start off your morning. Right now temperatures mostly in the 50s outside. Jacket weather for the north bay. Then temperatures climb into the low to mid 80s. The weather quiet this morning. Kind of a different story this morning with your track report. With more on that heres anthony. I want to start you off with a wide view. Lots of green on the map. That denotes we have traffic moving without a problem. But we have a couple of spots that i want to point out. In fact, there is a car fire on 580 eastbound near ysabel avenue. You can see traffic not being effected but keep that in mind. Spectators may be slowing. Also, the carquinez bridge. Report of a brush fire. Its been put out but ill have more as the morning goes on. Back to you. Breaking news right now. We have multiple crews live at the Santa Clara County main jail
Announcer now, heres nbc bay areas jessica aguirre. Jessica aguirre hello, and welcome to this class action news special. Were going to get to seismic safety in just a few minutes. Tonight, we bring you some of our best stories of the year, and updates on hot topics weve covered in 2015. We begin with a controversial issue that affects all Public Schools in the bay area. Should you be able to use a number to compare one school to another . Now, for years, california has ranked schools based on standardized test scores. But that system is coming to an end. The dispute over what replaces it, though, that is just beginning. Male thank you for coming out to our smarter balance assessment results meeting. Jessica School Officials in San Francisco are explaining the many changes happening in education. Male were implementing new curriculum to go with the new standards, to go with the new tests. Male and do they revisit those sections . Jessica and a new, different way to evaluate schools. St