In Long Beach, a promise to help struggling students

10-29-2010

By Carla Rivera/Los Angeles Times

For Christian Garcia, the most immediate hurdle to his goal of becoming a recording engineer is the intermediate algebra he's been laboring over all day in a Long Beach City College student center. Grasping the complex equations will allow him to pass the class and move on to the higher-level math courses he needs to transfer to a four-year university. It's hard work for Garcia, but his grades this semester have steadily improved with the tutoring and other help he's received at the campus center. "I got a really low grade on the first test," Garcia, 20, said. "I wasn't feeling good and I was really frustrated. But now I'm hoping to get at least a B in the class. Without the help I'm getting here, I'd have no chance." The center is part of a program called the Long Beach College Promise, an unusual collaboration involving the Long Beach Unified School District and Cal State Long Beach that is tackling the barriers that prevent many students from succeeding in college. (more…)

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