History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
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Without Dollars and Sense Powerpoint
Past Educational Opportunity Reports
The $3.6 trillion education question
- 12-02-2010
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By Rep. Mike Honda and Marcine Seid/Huffington Post
If you knew that passing legislation to allow 2.1 million American students to pursue higher education or military service, our government could collect $3.6 trillion over the next 40 years, would you do it? We think you would. That's why we support the Development, Relief and Education of Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. After years of advocacy, we are hopeful that it can pass the House and Senate before Congress adjourns in December. The DREAM Act is bipartisan, offering a conditional six-year path to legal permanent U.S. residence for immigrant youth brought here as children. They need to complete high school, demonstrate good moral character and complete at least two years of higher education or U.S. military service. Without the DREAM Act, about 65,000 students a year -- honor-roll students, star athletes, talented artists and aspiring teachers -- graduate high school and then hit a roadblock. Instead of entering college or the military, and gaining upward mobility and higher education, they are forced to live in the shadows and work low-paying jobs. (more…)
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