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Supporting Children Through an Educational Journey
Posted by on June 18, 2012 at 12:36 PM EDTAngelica Vilaverde knew from a young age she had the makings to be a teacher, but it wasn't until 2009 when she found out how much of an impact she would have on the lives of students. Working with low-income, at-risk families brought some challenges Angelica's way but what drew her in as an Early Head Start teacher was listening to their stories and using parents as a key instrument in their child’s successful educational journey.
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Empowering Families Through Head Start
Posted by on June 18, 2012 at 12:30 PM EDTAfter her daughter was born with Down Syndrome, Ginger West began looking for advice for the problems that were sure to arise. Luckily advice found her in the form of The Learning Center for Families (TLC) Early Head Start (EHS) programs. Since then Ginger has made it a mission to help promote these programs to her community and state.
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Creating an Environment of Change for Tribal Head Start
Posted by on June 18, 2012 at 12:13 PM EDTRenetta Goeson has made it her mission to improve the schooling of children in her tribe, the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate (SWO) of the Lake Traverse Reservation. Her goal is to provide an environment in which children are respected as sacred and capable and of having enormous potential.
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Progress Toward a Better Life
Posted by on June 18, 2012 at 12:09 PM EDTThe Campagna Center, a non-profit early childhood education and development program in Alexandria, measures its success by the progress children make toward their goals each year, by whether families believe the center's work is helping everyone progress toward a better life.
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Collective Impact for Positive Change
Posted by on June 18, 2012 at 11:56 AM EDTThe Baraga-Houghton-Keweenaw Child Development Board provides high-quality early childhood services to children and families including health and wellness services, such as pregnancy education, breast feeding support, home visiting, health and developmental screenings, and medical and dental care.
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My First Job: Richard Kind
Posted by on June 12, 2012 at 5:16 PM EDTActor Richard Kind talks about what he learned on his first summer job
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Income-Based Repayment: Tell Us Your Story!
Posted by on June 11, 2012 at 2:20 PM EDTLast week, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum that will streamline the application process for “Income Based Repayment” (IBR), a way for borrowers to cap their monthly student loan payments at 15% of income. The President has also taken action to lower this cap to just 10% by the end of 2012, likely reducing monthly student loan payments for over 1.6 million responsible student borrowers.
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My First Job: Chris Lu
Posted by on June 11, 2012 at 11:11 AM EDTThe Cabinet Secretary at the White House talks about the lessons he learned on his first summer job, many of which still apply in the work he does today
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Weekly Address: Congress Must Act to Keep Our Teachers on the Job
Posted by on June 9, 2012 at 5:30 AM EDTPresident Obama urges Congress to take action now to put our teachers back to work in classrooms, because the best predictor of individual and American success in this economy is a good education.
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The Power of Open Education Data
Posted by on June 8, 2012 at 5:25 PM EDTOn Tuesday, Vice President Biden, U.S. Education Department Secretary Arne Duncan, and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray hosted a roundtable with college presidents who pledged to provide clear, useful information to all incoming college students and their families, as part of their financial aid package, so that they can “know before they owe.”
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