by Tracy Aguila | Feb 28, 2017 | Founder’s Blog
Sunday Posted Feb 26, 2017 at 2:01 AM Ten years ago, I bonded out undocumented immigrants caught in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid. They were all indigenous Mayan from Guatemala working hard for dirt wages in a New Bedford textile factory making backpacks...
by Tracy Aguila | Feb 17, 2017 | Founder’s Blog
This blog is a follow up on my recent rant on College Rankings (specifically the more predominant ones like the US News Rankings), where I asked College Rankings: What Are They Good For? A significant, and very much influential, segment of the population seems...
by Tracy Aguila | Feb 16, 2017 | Founder’s Blog
Despite what might have started out with good intentions, college rankings have done more harm than good. Rankings do not do what they purport to do: provide high school students with an accurate, unbiased guide to selecting the best college fit for themselves and...
by Tracy Aguila | Feb 14, 2017 | News and Announcements
HELPING MOMS AND DADS HELP THEIR FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS SUCCEED By Kelly Field FEBRUARY 05, 2017 David Wallace for The Chronicle Denny Gutierrez, a student at Maryvale High School, in Phoenix, started off thinking the American Dream Academy “was going...
by Tracy Aguila | Feb 14, 2017 | News and Announcements
4 PARENT- EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND THEIR LESSONS FOR COLLEGES By Kelly Field FEBRUARY 05, 2017 Looking to start or expand a college-access program that focuses on parents? Here are four nonprofit and college-based models to consider, along with their advice on what it...