Logan Square program gets families involved in their children’s education
Article from NBCNews.com:
CHICAGO — Carolina Hernando was a senior in high school in 1999 when her guidance counselor delivered a devastating blow: She needed a Social Security number to go to college. An illegal immigrant from Mexico, Hernando had no idea what a Social Security number was, let alone that it would prevent her from becoming a teacher.
More than a decade later, Hernando still tears up when talking about it. “I was the first in my family to graduate high school,” she said. “I felt like all that hard work was wasted.”
When Hernando, who lives in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood, heard about the Logan Square Neighborhood Association’s parent mentor program last fall, she leapt at the chance to get what she calls a “taste of being in the classroom.”
The year-long program places parents into a classroom in their child’s school for two hours every day. They work with individual students or small groups, helping teachers give more one-on-one attention to children. They also earn a stipend of $ 500-$ 600 per s…………………continues on NBCNews.com
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Nation’s Parents Out of Pockets As Kids Go Back to School
Article from AllAfrica.com:
New teachers, new friends, new shoes, new notebooks, and sometimes, a new school. There are surely ‘new’ worries on both side of the divide as children return to the classroom after a long break,Taiwo Akintunde writes about challenges of parents and school administrators as children return to the classroom this week
Most teachers at Nigeria’s elementary and high schools are extra busy this week. They are busy studying their new students. They will interact less with the chalk board and put their gaze on their pupils. It is not different for the pupils too. They are busy checking out their new teacher, new friend and the class where they are now.
But for parents the challenges are different. They are busy with cost and time management. For instance tuition fees have increased and working mothers who had previously had one child in School and now sending another child to join will need more money and more time.
Uju Odunsi mother of two boys, Sean, four years old and Jason one year and nine months old who attend Samfad Private School in Itire area of Lagos State said that enrolling her youngest son, Jason into the school is a major challenge for her becau…………………continues on AllAfrica.com
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