Low national scores have spurred discussion of how K-12 schools can improve student performance. Experts think institutions of higher education can help.
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Day three of the Dream 2021 conference brought joy and productive frustration.
The joy came from David Treuer’s keynote. Treuer spoke of being Native American and the struggles for cultural memory in a larger country that tries to forget. His manner was thoughtful, humane and funny, and the way he spoke to the students during Q&A exemplified supportive teaching. I was particularly taken with his line about the way that the larger culture characterizes Native Americans: “We have a great future behind us.”
Books could be written just unpacking that line.
The productive frustration came from a panel on eight-week (or seven-week) semesters. It featured Brad Piazza from Waukesha County Technical College, Kathryn Rogalski from Northeast Wisconsin Technical College and Tamara Clunis from Amarillo College. Laurie Fladd, the moderator, used to work at Trident Technical Community College, which also made the switch. NWTC and Amarillo have already moved to the eight-week model, and Wau
Volunteers at San Antonio College load bags of food into a student s trunk.
Long Beach City College in California in 2019 provided hot breakfasts for about 1,800 students across 10 separate events. This past fall, on Nov. 24, the college provided a food pickup service to about 390 students (helping about 1,820 household members total) in one day.
San Antonio College, part of the Alamo Colleges District in Texas, provided nearly 89,000 pounds of food for 633 students (getting food for a total of 3,455 individuals) from September through December in 2020.
Calhoun Community College in Alabama disbursed 26 emergency grants from March through September 2020, more than twice the amount they usually disbursed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.