Huffpost 09/25/2017 12:20 pm ET When our university and school community heard that President Trump planned to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), we sought reactions from those directly affected: Dreamers and their families. Many are disappointed and feel a sense of victimization. They are willing to fight back and ready to … Continue reading DREAMERS are Americans Just like you and I: DACA must become a Law…
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Seniors at a N.J. High School Will Take Only College Classes
All 12th-graders at LEAP Academy University Charter School in Camden aim to finish in three years and save on tuition costs The Wall Street Journal Leslie Brody June 8, 2017 5:30 a.m. ET A charter high school in Camden, N.J., has an unusual plan for the coming school year: All 12th-graders will take only college … Continue reading Seniors at a N.J. High School Will Take Only College Classes…
Seniors at this high school will take all college classes
CAMDEN — Educators all over the state are doing their best to get seniors ready for college, but leaders at one Camden City school are doing one better: They’re changing students’ senior year into their first year of college. Read more
Camden charter offers all college classes to seniors
LEAP Academy Charter School in Camden is partnering with local universities. It’s late June and kids here at the LEAP Academy Charter School in Camden are putting the finishing touches on their end of the year projects, a fairly typical June day. But for those entering their senior year in the fall, everything is about … Continue reading Camden charter offers all college classes to seniors…
The Woman Behind the Miracle on Cooper Street in Camden: “Poverty is not Permanent”
Education Post: June 2, 2017 Point A: A young girl born in Puerto Rico in 1962 spends her childhood traveling up and down the Eastern Coast from Florida to New Jersey as her parents, migrant laborers, follow the harvest. Point B: A highly-accomplished educational leader starts New Jersey’s very first public charter school in the … Continue reading The Woman Behind the Miracle on Cooper Street in Camden: “Poverty is not Permanent”…
Scholar Earns Fulbright Award to Lead Professional Development Institute in Paraguay
Since 1997, Gloria Bonilla-Santiago has shepherded the LEAP Academy University Charter School from a small charter school to its transformational position today in Camden– and the world has taken notice. “The LEAP Academy has become a national and international success story,” says the Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor of Public Policy and Administration at … Continue reading Scholar Earns Fulbright Award to Lead Professional Development Institute in Paraguay…