Pregnant in high school, 14-year-old first-year high school student Giselle Meza said she feared she’d be judged by her peers. She was one of only two pregnant teens at her school and felt isolated. She missed a lot of classes, falling behind. Statistically, Meza has about a 50% chance of dropping out of school altogether. She hasn’t; […]
For Christine W., freshman year of high school was an ordeal. The same students who bullied her in middle school were at her new high school. “The idea of walking through those gates gave me so much anxiety,” she says. “I hated school.” Unable to focus or dedicate herself to her schoolwork, she began to […]
From left are Eunetra Rutledge, Learn4Life; Dexter Mcleod, CEO of LA South Chamber of Commerce; Adam Ramirez, principal; Lottie Cleveland, board member of LA South Chamber of Commerce; Julie Parra, Area Superintendent; Reginald Fields, case manager for Watts Labor Community Action Committee; and Arnie Corlin, Peelian Consulting and Member of LA South Chamber of Commerce. […]
Madres adolescentes en California: qué opciones educativas tienen para continuar con su formación académica De acuerdo con cifras recopiladas por los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades y el Departamento de Salud Pública en California, en el 2020 se reportaron 15,591 embarazos en menores entre los 15 y 19 años. Adam Ramírez habla […]
Learn4Life, a national charter school network, typically serves older teens who are struggling to make up enough credits to graduate. But when a new site opened in San Antonio this school year, Principal Crissy Franco got an unusual number of registration requests from 14- and 15-year-olds. They included ninth graders who didn’t earn any credits […]
Learn4Life Superintendent Caprice Young was recently featured in California Charter School Association’s (CCSA) second episode of the #CharterNation podcast – Change Maker Series feat. Maria Echaveste where they discussed California Charter enrollment trends. Check out the full podcast and other episodes here: https://info.ccsa.org/blog
A proud moment for our Learn4Life student; Andrea S. spoke during a press conference with San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria regarding her intern experience through Access and SD Workforce Partnership with Old Navy. This is a great example of how our WIOA partnerships actually impact our students: Source, via KBPS: https://www.kpbs.org/news/2021/sep/07/workforce-partnership-help-young-adults-get-jobs/
Opponents of charters contend that they drain district coffers, while proponents argue that it is charters that are denied essential funding. Yet too often, the claims made by both sides of this debate have been based on assumptions rather than hard evidence. To address this gap, we partnered with scholar Mark Weber of New Jersey […]
Youth experiencing homelessness have many challenges that affect their school attendance and performance. COVID-19 has magnified these setbacks forcing educators to explore problems within education policies. The UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools studied the types of educational and social supports students experiencing homelessness youth in California may require to be successful in school […]
When Christina Bethell was little, she lived in a low-income housing complex in Los Angeles where her neighbor, a quiet lady the kids called Mrs. Raccoon, always had her door open for the neighborhood kids. Every Saturday she threw a little tea party with candy to celebrate any child with a birthday that week. Bethell […]