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SF4Tay.org TAY Education April 2013 Newsletter

  Check out our TAY Education April 2013 Newsletter from the SF4Tay.org team! Focusing on the re-engagement of our out-of-school youth on an educational path towards post-secondary and career success, this edition includes:     Feature article that interviews Tacing Parker @ San Francisco’s Truancy Assessment and Resource Center (TARC) Feature interview with youth activist Paul Monge @ Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth Updates from TAY Young Adult Advisory Jobs, Internships, Scholarship opportunities for youth and young adults Upcoming events in the community this April Links to articles and coverage of issues affecting transitional age youth, and more…Click here to Read more

 
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Interview w/ Paul Monge, Coleman Advocates for Children & Youth

Interview with Paul Monge, Coleman Advocates for Children & Youth What do you do at Coleman Advocates? Paul:  Well, I’m the Education Justice Policy Associate at Coleman Advocates for Children & Youth. Coleman Advocates has been around for thirty years advocating for needs of children and youth in San Francisco. Recently, we developed a new approach to advocating alongside parents, teachers, and high school students to improve conditions in SFUSD schools and developed a city-wide campaign for access to jobs. In the current class of 2014, 45% of current juniors and rising seniors are not on-track to graduate. Even though Read more

 
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Update from Students Making a Change (SMAC) @CCSF on 2012 projects

Youth and young adult voice is essential to San Francisco community, especially in public education. The student organization Students Making A Change (SMAC) leads the fight to bring student voice to City College of San Francisco. Here’s a brief update of what SMAC has been working on throughout 2012: Placement Reform In the Spring semester of 2012, SMAC successfully advocated for CCSF placement testing reform. Many students who enter CCSF feel they are not properly placed into math and english classes, and evidence has shown the dangers of under-placing students; the lower a student is placed (in remedial coursework), the Read more

 
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