Education Equals Choices

When it comes to giving students the opportunity to succeed, California flunks the test. California ranks 43rd in the country in per-student spending. With less access to books, up-to-date technology, counseling and individualized attention, children from low-income families are falling behind fast. In some underserved Bay Area communities, fewer than 35% of students
will graduate high school and go on to college. Those who do make it to college take on insurmountable debt to cover tuition, housing and basic living expenses.

Educational leaders and teachers know what works, but are being asked to do more with less.
With schools reporting as much as a 15% cut in statewide educational funding over the past three years, class sizes are ballooning while support staff shrinks. Teachers, often the only source of support for students both inside and outside the classroom, now receive as little as two days of professional development training per year and sacrifice prep periods to provide critical one-to-one guidance.

At a time when our best schools and academic programs must deplete their funding reserves to provide college preparatory options to low income students, the future of our children, the next generation of leaders, is at stake.

We can fill the gap.

Dollars Raised for the 2011 Be A Tipping Point Package:
• Provide eye exams and eyeglasses to low-income children aged
three to five years old so they can go to school ready to learn.
• Expand academic support programs focused on literacy,
entrepreneurship and college preparation that afford one-to-one tutoring, counseling and support to students at Tipping Point--funded education programs.
• Increase housing and supportive services for low-income youth who graduate from high school and go on to college.
• Preserve and restore critical staffing positions and offer top-quality professional development to teachers, staff and school leaders at Tipping Point--funded education programs

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Education
• Tipping Point Community
• Daniel Lurie
• Poverty
• Low-Income

[dragonmane98]

@xxNephlimxx It's the laziness that had been leaked into the school system. There are MANY capable students in the world today, but its the enviorment that they're exposed to that affects them! Gov't needs to make a change NOW!

[xxNephlimxx]

Fire all the junk teachers and get rid off all the bad students... oh wait then there is no more school...

[gavinjengel]

Does each dollar at public schools teach students better than a dollar at private school? If the answer is 'no', then doesn't it make sense to cut public education spending to $0?

We all want the best education for our children, even small government proponents, believe it or not.

[neatcricket]

What a nicely put-together video. Reading Partners is a great organization. I've been volunteering with it as a tutor for three years, at a school in Mountain View where we are providing reading intervention with almost a quarter of the students. Reading Partners is about to open a new center in Sunnyvale at San Miguel School, which has 80% of students receiving free or reduced cost lunch - i.e. a very low income community. We desparately need more volunteer tutors!