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Article: Homegrown scholarships for turning dreams into reality. (Community Relations).(Alhambra Foundation for the Future)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- June 1, 2002
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"How can I talk to my students about going to college when I know in my heart that the children in my classroom will never be able to afford college? I feel dishonest encouraging even my brightest students, when their dreams can never come true."
This is a disheartening comment teachers frequently asked me several years ago. About the same time, I was stunned to discover during an awards banquet address to 8th grade honor students that not one was planning to attend college. Not only that, but their parents became upset with me for encouraging their children to think seriously about going to college. One father told me he had difficulty putting food on the ...