HOPE responds to State Senator Wright’s comments regarding SB 381
Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (HOPE) strongly believes that all students should be prepared to be successful in college and/or a career when they graduate from high school. Aligning graduation requirements with college admission standards ensures that students will be eligible for secondary education and better [...]
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Every Student Deserves the Choice to Go to College
Posted in Education on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
LAUSD Names High School After Felicitas & Gonzalo Mendez
Posted in Education on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
FROM LAUSD Office of Communications:
For Immediate Release January 28, 2009
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BOARD OF EDUCATION VOTES TO NAME NEW HIGH SCHOOL
AFTER MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS
Los Angeles – The Los Angeles Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday to name the first high school to be built in more than 85 years in East Los Angeles after two Mexican [...]
Education Advocacy At Work
Posted in Education on July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thousands of Californians have taken part in rallies, lobbying visits with legislators and letter writing campaigns. All have the same message: An investment in higher education is an investment in the future of California’s quality of life, economic growth, health and environmental sustainability. Included in this blog post is a snapshot of some recent [...]
How California’s School Districts Spend Their Money
Posted in Education on July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A new report from the California Budget Project (CBP), entitled ‘School Finance Facts’ examines how California’s schools spend their funds. Moreover, it connects these spending trends to the possible implications of Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposed budget.
CBP reports that more than six out of every 10 dollars that California’s schools receive come from the state and [...]
The State of Education
Posted in Education on July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
May 17th, 2008 marks the 54th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Brown vs. Board of Education decision ending “separate and unequal” education. Fifty-four years later, millions of Californians must mitigate unequal schools, high disappearance/drop-out rates, poor school conditions and obstacles to reach an institution of higher education.
The Governor’s proposed $5 billion cuts to education [...]
Revisiting the DREAM
Posted in Education on July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sacramento Bee: State legislators are trying for a third time to pass a version of the California DREAM Act, which would open limited college financial aid to some of the estimated 25,000 undocumented students who graduate each year from California high schools.
Two identical bills are under scrutiny in committees in the Senate and Assembly, sponsored [...]
Educational Inequality in California’s Public Schools
Posted in Education on July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In August 2007, California’s Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell called for greater public attention to the racial achievement gap in education. Highlighting evidence that white and Asian students in California consistently outperform their African American and Latino peers, O’Connell urged a state-wide focus on eliminating this gap. The racial achievement gap directly affects the [...]
