(NAME-MCE) Name-mce Digest, Vol 782, Issue 1

Sat Apr 12 10:05:37 EDT 2008

I'd love a copy of the materials.
Haley Tylka
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Saginaw MI  48638> From: name-mce-request at nameorg.org> Subject: Name-mce Digest, Vol 782, Issue 1> To: name-mce at nameorg.org> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:00:24 -0400> > Send Name-mce mailing list submissions to> name-mce at nameorg.org> > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit> http://mail.nameorg.org/mailman/listinfo/name-mce_nameorg.org> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to> name-mce-request at nameorg.org> > You can reach the person managing the list at> name-mce-owner at nameorg.org> > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific> than "Re: Contents of Name-mce digest..."> > > Today's Topics:> > 1. Re: Name-mce Digest, Vol 779, Issue 1> (advocatesforchange at comcast.net)> 2. Titanic and Other April Highlights (Carole Bos)> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> > Message: 1> Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:59:11 +0000> From: advocatesforchange at comcast.net> Subject: Re: (NAME-MCE) Name-mce Digest, Vol 779, Issue 1> To: name-mce at nameorg.org> Message-ID:> <040920082359.21130.47FD584F00077C720000528A22155754740A09020E080C9D01009C0A9B0E0C01900B0E at comcast.net>> > Content-Type: text/plain> > Tom, thank you very much for your offer, I definitely will take you up on it!> > Lisa Tregoning> tregoning at comcast.net > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: name-mce-request at nameorg.org > > > Send Name-mce mailing list submissions to > > name-mce at nameorg.org > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://mail.nameorg.org/mailman/listinfo/name-mce_nameorg.org > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > name-mce-request at nameorg.org > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > name-mce-owner at nameorg.org > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of Name-mce digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: Message for posting (Rachel Martin) > > 2. Re: Message for posting (kliss at igc.org) > > 3. Reaching Out to Students in Foster Care (Anselmo Villanueva) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 12:17:53 -0400 > > From: "Rachel Martin" > > Subject: Re: (NAME-MCE) Message for posting > > To: "'NAME-MCE - National Association for Multicultural Education > > EmailDiscussion Group'" > > Message-ID: <001b01c89801$c4dff520$4927fea9 at ownerd559cf555> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > I would very much appreciate receiving your lists, Tom. Many thanks for > > making them available. > > > > Rachel Martin > > Rachel.Martin at Stockton.edu > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: name-mce-bounces at nameorg.org [mailto:name-mce-bounces at nameorg.org] On > > Behalf Of Thomas Ladenburg > > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 10:57 AM > > To: name-mce at nameorg.org > > Subject: (NAME-MCE) Message for posting > > > > > > > > > > > > Free US History Materials that Raise Social Justice Issues > > > > Over a career spanning fifty years I have developed a series of Units with > > lesson-chapters covering all major periods in US History. They are intended > > to raise social justice issues that are usually avoided in traditional > > textbooks and to encourage informed discussions. If you are interested in a > > list of free units and lesson-chapters please contact me, and I will happily > > send it to you. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Tom Ladenburg > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This is a mailing of the National Association for Multicultural Education - > > (NAME) Listserv list - www.nameorg.org. The materials included reflect > > diverse perspectives of NAME Listserv participants and do not necessarily > > reflect a position of the National Association for Multicultural Education. > > If you would like to subscribe (or unsubscribe)to this listserv go to > > http://mail.nameorg.org/mailman/listinfo/name-mce_nameorg.org. You can read > > all past postings in the archives at > > http://mail.nameorg.org/pipermail/name-mce_nameorg.org/ > > > > > > > > Name-mce mailing list > > Name-mce at nameorg.org > > http://mail.nameorg.org/mailman/listinfo/name-mce_nameorg.org > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 08:21:07 -0400 (GMT-04:00) > > From: kliss at igc.org > > Subject: Re: (NAME-MCE) Message for posting > > To: NAME-MCE - National Association for Multicultural Education Email > > Discussion Group > > Message-ID: > > <21194139.1207570867200.JavaMail.root at mswamui-blood.atl.sa.earthlink.net > > > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > I would like the information also. I regret that the way the original posting > > was made, we can't write to only the author to get the information and must send > > these messages to everyone on the list. > > > > Kathryn Liss > > kliss at igc.org > > > > -----Original Message----- > > >From: Rachel Martin > > >Sent: Apr 6, 2008 12:17 PM > > >To: 'NAME-MCE - National Association for Multicultural Education > > > EmailDiscussion Group' > > >Subject: Re: (NAME-MCE) Message for posting > > > > > > > > > > > >I would very much appreciate receiving your lists, Tom. Many thanks for > > >making them available. > > > > > >Rachel Martin > > >Rachel.Martin at Stockton.edu > > > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: name-mce-bounces at nameorg.org [mailto:name-mce-bounces at nameorg.org] On > > >Behalf Of Thomas Ladenburg > > >Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 10:57 AM > > >To: name-mce at nameorg.org > > >Subject: (NAME-MCE) Message for posting > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Free US History Materials that Raise Social Justice Issues > > > > > >Over a career spanning fifty years I have developed a series of Units with > > >lesson-chapters covering all major periods in US History. They are intended > > >to raise social justice issues that are usually avoided in traditional > > >textbooks and to encourage informed discussions. If you are interested in a > > >list of free units and lesson-chapters please contact me, and I will happily > > >send it to you. > > > > > >Thank you, > > > > > >Tom Ladenburg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >This is a mailing of the National Association for Multicultural Education - > > >(NAME) Listserv list - www.nameorg.org. The materials included reflect > > >diverse perspectives of NAME Listserv participants and do not necessarily > > >reflect a position of the National Association for Multicultural Education. > > >If you would like to subscribe (or unsubscribe)to this listserv go to > > >http://mail.nameorg.org/mailman/listinfo/name-mce_nameorg.org. You can read > > >all past postings in the archives at > > >http://mail.nameorg.org/pipermail/name-mce_nameorg.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > >Name-mce mailing list > > >Name-mce at nameorg.org > > >http://mail.nameorg.org/mailman/listinfo/name-mce_nameorg.org > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >This is a mailing of the National Association for Multicultural Education - > > >(NAME) Listserv list - www.nameorg.org. The materials included reflect diverse > > perspectives of NAME Listserv participants and do not necessarily reflect a > > position of the National Association for Multicultural Education. If you would > > like to subscribe (or unsubscribe)to this listserv go to > > http://mail.nameorg.org/mailman/listinfo/name-mce_nameorg.org. You can read all > > past postings in the archives at > > http://mail.nameorg.org/pipermail/name-mce_nameorg.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > >Name-mce mailing list > > >Name-mce at nameorg.org > > >http://mail.nameorg.org/mailman/listinfo/name-mce_nameorg.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:41:32 -0700 > > From: "Anselmo Villanueva" > > Subject: (NAME-MCE) Reaching Out to Students in Foster Care > > To: name-mce at nameorg.org > > Message-ID: > > <88024d6b0804070641h2f09b6d8x3c73a90a63637cfc at mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252 > > > > Reaching Out to Students in Foster Care > > > > Community colleges consider how they can enroll and graduate a > > particularly vulnerable population. > > > > For related stories, go to http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/04/07/foster > > > > April 7, 2008 > > > > Reaching Out to Students in Foster Care > > > > At 21, Bill Cunningham should be considered a success story. Living > > nearly half of his life in a series of foster and group homes, he > > attended five different schools and struggled with behavioral > > problems. Statistically, he had almost no chance of earning a college > > degree or to rise above employment at the minimum wage. > > > > He needed, he said, to "change my behaviors in order to move to a > > better place. At the age of 12, I moved to my first foster home. I > > like a foster home a lot better because you have more freedom than > > being in a group home in a hospital." By the time he had graduated > > high school, he decided to go to college so he could "get a better job > > than working minimum wage so I could have a better life for me and the > > family I want to have. > > > > "In order to go to college, I realized I needed to work on my reading > > and spelling and other things I have difficulty with, such as > > understanding what I read. My junior year in high school I had great > > foster parents and they helped me reach my goal. That's the reason why > > I got this far. Now I'm at [Austin Community College], I am > > comfortable being around people and I know my way around this campus. > > I have very good instructors teaching me what I need to know to keep a > > job and get ahead." > > > > The automotive technology major was telling his story to a group of > > community college leaders and instructors interested in replicating > > his success and that of ACC's program for foster care alumni. The > > session, "A Tale of Three Cities: Three Community Colleges' Approach > > to Providing Campus-Based Services to Students from Foster Care," > > constituted part of the annual American Association of Community > > Colleges convention, in Philadelphia. > > > > The participants highlighted a unique set of challenges for a group of > > students that often gets overlooked among the many at-risk subgroups > > that tend to be disproportionately represented at community colleges. > > Youth in foster care have typically been removed from their birth > > parents and often live from foster home to foster home, navigating a > > maze of state agencies in disruptive, unpredictable environments. > > > > According to John Emerson, director of education at the nonprofit > > foster care improvement organization Casey Family Programs, the leader > > of the discussion on Sunday, the high school graduation rate of such > > students is under 50 percent, while 30 percent are in special-ed > > programs of some sort. A majority ? 65 percent ? change schools seven > > or more times before finishing the 12th grade. The statistics get > > grimmer as students go farther down the education pipeline: under 10 > > percent of youth who grew up in foster care enroll in college. For > > two- and four-year colleges, the completion rate is about 2 percent. > > > > Several of those who spoke noted that a central issue for youths > > raised in a foster environment is a reluctance to place trust in > > others; at the same time, many have never had particularly high > > expectations set for them. "I just needed to hear somebody tell me I > > could do it. I had never heard that before," said a college student > > quoted in the presentation. That attitude, plus the "survival mode" of > > teenagers who have recently emancipated themselves legally from their > > foster parents, often means a lack of guidance and resources to pursue > > the longer-term goal of earning a college degree. > > > > An oft-noted scarcity of resources plagues community colleges, too, > > which often don't have coordinated efforts in place to reach out to > > foster care alumni. Emerson noted a number of policies that > > institutions could adopt, or take advantage of, to encourage such > > students to make the leap. The federal Education and Training Vouchers > > program, for instance, provides up to $5,000 per year for students out > > of foster care in all states pursuing postsecondary education. > > Seventeen or more states additionally offer tuition waivers or > > need-based grants for such students, Emerson added, while other states > > have Medicaid extension programs to provide health insurance to youths > > out of foster care. > > > > What can community colleges do? As some programs are already > > demonstrating at places like ACC, the California Community Colleges > > System, the City College of San Francisco and Seattle Central > > Community College, they can work with existing organizations and > > agencies such as school districts, social advocacy groups and > > nonprofits. Emerson noted that the Free Application for Federal > > Student Aid specifically asks if applicants are orphans or wards of > > the state ? a status that colleges can pay attention to when targeting > > potential beneficiaries of outreach programs. > > > > Austin's program offers personalized help; financial assistance for > > tuition, textbooks and housing; and access to specialized counseling. > > Officials at the college found that from fall 2006 to spring 2008, as > > the program was getting off the ground, there was a 24 percent > > increase in the enrollment of foster care alumni, with 40 percent > > needing remedial training. Another program, at City College of San > > Francisco, is used in the financial aid office itself, so that the > > process of applying for the education vouchers is seen as an extension > > of its existing mission. > > > > Seattle Central's program, a more top-down effort that initially > > responded to community concern about foster alumni, received outside > > funding (unlike Austin) from Casey and other groups. "We have money > > and we're very lucky for that, but it's still hard for us," said > > Sarahfina Aldeane, a student there who spoke at the session, one of 38 > > in the program. > > > > ? Andy Guess andy.guess at insidehighered.com > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This is a mailing of the National Association for Multicultural Education - > > (NAME) Listserv. The materials included reflect diverse perspectives of NAME > > Listserv participants and do not necessarily reflect a position of the National > > Association for Multicultural Education. If you would like to subscribe (or > > unsubscribe) to this listserv go to > > http://mail.nameorg.org/mailman/listinfo/name-mce_nameorg.org. You can read all > > past postings in the archives at > > http://mail.nameorg.org/pipermail/name-mce_nameorg.org/ > > > > > > Name-mce mailing list > > Name-mce at nameorg.org > > http://mail.nameorg.org/mailman/listinfo/name-mce_nameorg.org > > > > > > End of Name-mce Digest, Vol 779, Issue 1 > > **************************************** > > ------------------------------> > Message: 2> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:08:45 -0400> From: "Carole Bos" <bosc at gvsu.edu>> Subject: (NAME-MCE) Titanic and Other April Highlights> To: <name-mce at nameorg.org>> Message-ID: <47FDE72B020000D60001C289 at gvsu.edu>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII> > During April we remember the first anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings and the fortieth anniversary of Dr. King's assassination. In addition, we recall other world events: The sinking of the Titanic, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the beginning of the Underground Railroad and the successful recovery of Apollo 13. Learn the details of those, and other events, in this summary of April Highlights. http://www.awesomestories.com/Newsletters/April.08.htm > > Also provided is a listing of topics (linking to primary sources) for Civil Rights, World War I and the current HBO series John Adams. > > Group access to the site is free for all schools, libraries and educators. Request group access with this form. https://www.awesomestories.com/signup.php?ua=group_signup It is also free for students and members of the general public. Select an individual password with this form. https://www.awesomestories.com/signup.php?ua=individual_signup The site's privacy policy http://www.awesomestories.com/content/privacy.shtml is strictly enforced.> > Carole Bos> Dean's Advisory Board> Grand Valley State University> bosc at gvsu.edu> > > > > > > ------------------------------> > _______________________________________________> This is a mailing of the National Association for Multicultural Education -> (NAME) Listserv. The materials included reflect diverse perspectives of NAME Listserv participants and do not necessarily reflect a position of the National Association for Multicultural Education. If you would like to subscribe (or unsubscribe) to this listserv go to http://mail.nameorg.org/mailman/listinfo/name-mce_nameorg.org. You can read all past postings in the archives at http://mail.nameorg.org/pipermail/name-mce_nameorg.org/> > > Name-mce mailing list> Name-mce at nameorg.org> http://mail.nameorg.org/mailman/listinfo/name-mce_nameorg.org> > > End of Name-mce Digest, Vol 782, Issue 1> ****************************************
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