education

Helping low-income students save for college

Holly Kernan — Thu, 16 May 2013 00:20:00 +0000

Carl Rist is behind a local effort called 1:1 Fund. It combines social networking and crowd funding techniques to help low-income students save for college. The 1:1 fund is a project of the Corporation for Enterprise Development, or CFED, and Rist is executive director of the project. He spoke with KALW’s Holly Kernan.

Hear Here: Seeking a higher education

Audrey Dilling — Thu, 16 May 2013 00:17:46 +0000

Esther Goolsby is from East Oakland, and she is one of the people Carl Rist’s program might have helped if it were around back in the 90s. She was living in East Oakland, and at age 16 was already a mom. She told our community storytelling project, Hear Here, about the path she took to a college degree.

Kindergarteners get a jump on college savings

Jen Chien — Wed, 15 May 2013 23:27:09 +0000

At the Castro branch of Citibank in San Francisco, kindergartener Mat Larizadeh is making his very first bank deposit. Mat walks with his mom, Aoddi Attasara, up to the teller window. He’s much too short to see what transpires up there, but he knows the amount is $50 – and that it has something to do with his education. After the transaction, the two make their way over to a table where a plate of cookies, a stack of coloring books, and a clear plastic piggy bank await them.

Today on Your Call: What will it take to improve our public schools?

Ali Budner — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Funding technology curriculum in schools

Hana Baba — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:12:59 +0000

School districts are increasingly teaching technology as part of their regular curriculum, but the high cost of computers and tablets can hinder that effort. Last year, the federal government pitched in to help some schools out. Hundreds of school districts participated in the Race to the Top program, which is awarding major technology education funding to three school districts in California. One is in the Bay Area, Haven Unified, which serves Union City, in Alameda County.