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Moving the Needle | Closing the Gap Program Dinner, Celebration, and Discussion
On February 27, 2020, the Closing the Gap Foundation hosted its Moving the Needle Forward: Program Dinner with Improve Your Tomorrow, College Track, the Sacramento Police Foundation – Criminal Justice Academy, Cosumnes Wolfpack Robotics, along with the California Department of Education. Given that many of us have developed, implemented or assessed our efforts to close the academic and or career gaps across a number
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Mind the Achievement Gap: California’s Disparities in Education, explained
Few goals in education have been as frustrating and urgent as the deep, generational disparity in achievement between the haves and the have-nots in California schools.It is an article of faith in the K-12 school system that every student — regardless of race, creed, wealth or color — can and should be academically successful. But in measures
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What is the Achievement Gap?
It’s uncomfortable to talk about, but even worse to ignore. Latinos and African American students are generally outperformed in school by their Asian and White peers. In Sacramento County, Asian and white students are more likely to graduate high school than other students of color, and they are more likely to earn the grades needed to
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In Addition to Providing Program Funding. Closing the Gap Sent 12 Students Off to College with New Netbooks
Closing the Gap’s Mission is to help youth in our community who have limited resources pursue a better future through preparation, education and vocation. There is no finer example of that statement then what occurred on Saturday, July 18, 2015, at Delegata’s new headquarters in Sacramento. Twelve students from Valley High School in Sacramento have
