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Author Archives: Wayne D’Orio

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Posted inSolutions

This Texas community college group is offering free tuition – and much more

by Wayne D’Orio January 14, 2022January 14, 2022

SAN ANTONIO – For years, Keira Gilmore had her heart set on going to Texas A&M University. In high school, she was accepted and started mapping out her future. But the potential cost of school caused arguments between her and her parents, then her fiancé broke up with her abruptly, and her mother, who was […]

prison education programs
Posted inNews

Propelling prisoners to bachelor’s degrees in California

by Wayne D’Orio July 12, 2019April 8, 2021
Educational Opportunity Programs
Posted inNews

How Educational Opportunity Programs graduate first-generation college students

by Wayne D’Orio January 7, 2019April 8, 2021
Freshman Arnaldo Gonzalez with his parents after the College Assistance Migrant Program celebration dinner in April.
Posted inNews

A free sandwich can make the difference for some migrant worker children in college

by Wayne D’Orio July 17, 2018April 8, 2021
McMicken Heights Elementary School principal Alexandria Haas sits with second-graders during a morning activity developed by the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. Students take 20 minutes each day to work on social interactions and understanding their emotions.
Posted inElementary to High School

Is the effort to curb strict discipline going too far, too fast?

by Wayne D’Orio January 11, 2018March 30, 2020
A robot built by students to research endangered frogs in Lake Titicaca, in Peru, being tested in June, 2016, by Lindsey Hamblin, then a Skyline High School senior, and Callie Meyers, then a Skyline junior.
Posted inElementary to High School

A district that pays students for their work

by Wayne D’Orio October 16, 2017March 30, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

The district where kids beg to go to summer school

by Wayne D’Orio July 12, 2017March 30, 2020
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