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Educators Discuss Achievement Gap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MUjVI24S 3U&NR=1&feature=fvwp
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More than 4,000 educators from across the state gathered at the Sacramento Convention Center to talk about the achievement gap between different races of students.

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Check out AIM High Student/Mentor Interviews on youtube. Learn about the benefits of mentoring!
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AIM High Education Initiative, a program of Center for Companies That Care, ensures that vulnerable, low-income high school students, graduate from college and are prepared for tomorrow's workplace. This video lets you hear about the program first-hand from students and a mentor. ...

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The Chronicle of Higher Education: " More Low-Income Students Will Miss Out on College Over Next Decade"
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More Low-Income Students Will Miss Out on College Over Next Decade - Government - The Chronicle of H
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As many as 3.2 million college-ready students will forgo a bachelor’s degree this decade because of financial barriers, says an update to a 2006 report by the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance. ...

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Q&A: Minority, low-income students need to aim higher
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2 009-09-09-completing-college_N.htm
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Researchers say students should enroll in the most selective college that will admit them. But they also argue for improved transfer and financial aid policies and better efforts to help students identify colleges that will challenge them.

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When Schools Close: Effects on Displaced Students in Chicago Public Schools
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2009 Illinois School Report Card: "The gap among high school juniors widened along racial and economic lines since 2002, state test results showed. This year, 29 percent of low-income teens passed the state reading exam, compared with 57 percent of well-off students."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/educa tion/chi-103009-report-cards-story,0,155 3698.story
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Ronald Thompson III attends Chicago's Poe Elementary Classical School, a top-ranking elementary in test scores. (Tribune photo by Alex Garcia / October 27, 2009)

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