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...years - and is trying to negotiate even further downward. Chavarria arrived at Foothill unable to read, spell or understand math. Now he is in the 9th grade with the hope that he can convince authorities to let him stay at Foothill until he is 21 and earn his GED before he is transferred to an adult facility. "I'm getting all A's in my classes, but my mother doesn't believe that I can read," he says. "I'm excited...
...perseverance is inspiring those closest to him, as well. On Monday, his older sister started classes to get her GED. Shawn thinks his brother will likely follow suit. "Yeah," says Shawn. "This feels pretty good...
...hours per week. Harvard also offers free or greatly subsidized educational opportunities that allow service employees to improve the quality of their lives and their long-term economic and job prospects. Specifically, Harvard’s Bridge to Learning and Literacy provides English language literacy, computer, GED, and citizenship preparation classes to over 500 service employees each semester. In addition to the dedicated professional staff at Bridge, over 70 members of the Harvard community—including many undergraduates—serve as volunteer tutors.Full-time HUDS workers earn, on average, more than $31,000 a year plus benefits valued...
...Still, Lynn Schaefer says that programs like Virginia's 2004 Race to the GED, which promotes the test at NASCAR events, have expanded educational opportunity and access to all Americans. Carmon Cunningham, vice president of the Jobs For the Future, a low-income and minority advocacy group, agrees that the sheer number of people taking the GED shows the great desire among the dropout population to find a path back to a better education and a better life. But a new report published by his organization questions the effectiveness of the GED as a launching pad for higher education. Almost...
...perceived problems, the GED's popularity persists, and it's not clear that there are better alternatives on the horizon. The number of test takers took a dip after the test was redesigned in 2002, but has been rising ever since. But even the makers of the GED say that its success is in many ways a sad statement on the ability of schools to keep students. As the ACE's Schaefer puts it, "We always say how wonderful it would be, how delighted we'd be, if we could close the door on the GED because students are staying...