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
A crisis of our time: Standing up for education
- 04-15-2011
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Blog by Paul Lanning/Huffington Post
Hundreds of students recently gathered on the El Camino College Compton Center (formerly Compton College), fed up with ongoing cuts to community colleges and the ever-rising fees that make the cost of an education out of reach for too many. These students gathered not in protest, but in unity. They joined hands in a line that stretched across the campus, providing a prelude to what will be happening throughout the state in just a couple of days. The happening at Compton was, according to one administrator, unlike anything he had ever seen at the college: students joining hands for one common purpose, cheering in elation for their college and education. It exemplifies a tipping point for colleges throughout the state. (more...)
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