Finance = Educational Success
Teaching young people — and their parents — how to better save and spend their money is a critical component to increasing college-going rates in the U.S., warned a panel of experts who spoke this week at the National Association of State Treasurers meeting in Salt Lake City. According to panelist Margaret Clancy, director of the College Savings Initiative at Washington University’s Center...
Read MoreHelp for the ‘college capable’
Anthony Rosado was in the National Honor Society when he graduated from the Rochester City School District. Now a freshman at Monroe Community College, Rosado, a young Latino male, says he knows he’s bucking the odds. “I was seeing others around me – my friends – and they made some bad decisions,” he says. “Most of them aren’t here today. I learned from...
Read MoreBudget Cuts Unfair Target
A report produced by Citizen Action of New York indicates that spending cuts included in the governor’s budget proposal would increase racial and ethnic disparities in New York. The report, called Race Matters Impact of the 2010-2011 Executive Budget Proposals, seeks to show how cuts to state programs would fall disproportionately on ethnic and racial minorities. It also proposes possible...
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