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    family, my dad works at a store and he earns minimum wage. We are a big family of six children and my parents. Out of six, four are attending the post-secondary education. At the moment, my dad is the only source of income in my family and it is hard for him to give me financial support because of my other siblings who are also attending post-secondary school. Also, my father income is not enough for our big family besides; he has to take care of everything for example bills, our food, clothing, and

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    ” Benjamin Franklin advises, “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest” (1). Post-secondary education, a direct investment in the gaining of knowledge, benefits an individual’s characteristics, such as skill set and related structural forces, like employment opportunity. In a job market that increasingly demands highly knowledgeable workers, the importance of investing in a post-secondary education has grown significantly. This is especially true for individuals of low income living in the

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    underdeveloped communities that undermine the worth of a college degree some cannot afford the house they live in, let alone afford a higher degree. That is why post-secondary education occasionally serves as a gateway out out of social economic situations of poverty, in addition to obtaining knowledge to change the social economic mindset that education is not the way out of poverty. If these communities that are held in poverty all had college degrees, then it would change that economic status of making

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    parents speak a language other than English at home” (Magnuson, Lahaie, & Waldfogel, 2006, p. 1244). This is most likely true for many families in San Carlos, Belize, where English is a secondary language spoken at home. In San Carlos, English is not taught to children until they enter Infant I, the first level of education. Preschools are also beneficial to children who are economically disadvantaged, and larger gains are typically found in communities with a high percentage of economically disadvantaged

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    bright and brilliant students enter or continue in the Folsom Cordova Unified School District (FCUSD) for their secondary education. These are students who are capable of outshining each other with their own unique and various ways. There are students who simply want to graduate. Then, there are also students who are unsure and unconfident about their paths however aiming for high educations. Lastly, there are students who are vigorously passionate and confident aiming for the pinnacle. FCUSD has done

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    Schools are also the sites were individuals are able to exchange cultural capital inherited from their family to another form of capital: academic capital (which is typically measured in the duration of school received). To elaborate, the types of cultural capital that is valued by educational institutions are almost second nature to dominant class children, who are inculcated with that cultural capital both at home and in the classroom. This leads to greater educational success and cumulates to

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    By: Patrice Murphy English 122 Instructor: Stephen Rogers 8/18/2014 The current version of the “Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 2001” is “The NO Child Left Behind Act of 2001”. Which supports “standard-base” education reform, each state is responsible for developing assessments in basic skills and standards. The Federal Government’s plays a part over seeing in annual testing, annual academic progress, report cards, teacher qualifications, and funding changes. This

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    facing students seeking a post-secondary education (PSE) in Ontario. These interconnected issues include both the individual’s social situation, their success during secondary school and their financial means. Ontario does have resources available for students to peruse PSE in the form of grants, student loans and saving plans, which do fund a large percentage of post-secondary students. However the process for loans is complicated and results in huge post education debt, the grant environment is

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    I am a grade 12 student enrolled at L.A. Matheson Secondary. I am writing this letter to you because I am deeply concerned about post-secondary tuition. As a young grade 12 citizens living in your riding, I am graduating in June 2018. It frustrates me and my family on the cost of post-secondary education. Tuition for undergraduates has increased for 2017-2018 undergraduate programs by 3.1%. The average tuition has increased to $6,571 against $6,375 in 2016-2017. Tuition should be accountable by the

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    Every Student Succeeds Act was a new law that was signed into legislation in 2015 by President Barak Obama. ESSA is a biparty educational reform law was designed from several aspects of No Child Left Behind. The United States Department of Education (2015) stated that ESSA focuses on factors such as, advancing equity for the nations disadvantaged students by investing more in preschool programs, local innovations, reporting student progress on all high stakes assessments to all stakeholders and

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