Author: Abi Lawrence

Voting

EDUCATION Schools in Fresno County educate students about voting Tuesday, November 06, 2018 FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — While people across the nation cast their ballots. Students at Crescent View West Charter School in Central Fresno, are also making their voices heard. “If you don’t like how the government is going and how we as […]

Written by on November 6, 2018

Homeless Youth Month

Learn4Life Helps Homeless Youth Stay in School November is National Homeless Youth Awareness Month LOS ANGELES (November 1, 2018) – As many as one in 10 young adults in the U.S. between the ages of 18 and 25—or 3.5 million young people—experience homelessness. National Homeless Youth Awareness Month highlights this growing issue and applauds efforts […]

Written by on November 1, 2018

Bullying Prevention

National Bullying Prevention Month Shines a Spotlight on All the Victims Learn4Life Provides a Safe Environment for its At-risk Students LOS ANGELES (October 10, 2018) — Schools and parents are acutely aware of the short- and long-term effects bullying has on the kids being harassed – such as depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, self-harm, substance abuse […]

Written by on October 10, 2018

Charter Schools Showing Promise

By Peter Day / For the Leader Posted Jun 19, 2018 at 12:51 PM LUCERNE VALLEY — A charter school that operates under the oversight of the Lucerne Valley Unified School District is making a difference in students’ lives, some of whom are future high school graduates that otherwise might get lost in the shuffle. […]

Written by on June 19, 2018

5 ways to re-engage high school dropouts

Published 2:05 pm, Tuesday, August 22, 2017     (BPT) – For Christine Wilkins, now 16, freshman year of high school was an ordeal. The same students who bullied her in middle school were at her new high school. Just approaching the school entry filled her with angst. One day, instead of going in, she […]

Written by on August 22, 2017

Winning the fight against the dropout rate one student at a time

By BPT NOV 30, 2016 | 9:15 AM     When you consider the “official” high school dropout rate in the U.S., it might not seem so bad at first; 6.5 percent of young people 16-24 years old have dropped out, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. However, you don’t have to look […]

Written by on November 20, 2016