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How to Help a Sibling Navigate High School
Tweet Share on Facebook December 5, 2011 CommentIt's no secret that younger siblings often look up to their older brothers or sisters. In fact, familial educational achievement has been linked to student success by the Department of Education. That's why organizations such as the Hispanic Scholarship Fund place such an emphasis on helping students become the first in their family to attend college.
College is "the seed we want to plant," says Frank Alvarez, the organization's CEO. "As soon as there's a degree in the household, things like applying to college and financial aid become known because students have an embedded mentor."
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Education Roundup: Teachers in Poor Schools Get Shortchanged
Tweet Share on Facebook December 2, 2011 CommentWelcome to the new High School Notes weekly roundup of education news. Every Friday, you'll find out what's making headlines around the Web.
Teacher salaries, training, and evaluations
Pay gaps: A new report by the Department of Education finds that teachers make the least amount of money in poor schools. "Tens of thousands of schools serving low-income students are being shortchanged," says New York Times reporter Sam Dillon.
The report found that rookie teachers, who tend to be at the low end of the teacher pay scale, are often placed in those schools. The pay gap began shortly after the passage of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as districts utilized a loophole allowing them to report teacher salaries districtwide, masking the pay gap, according to Dillon.
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