What's New: BLOG: 1/31/12

AVID: A Social and Economic Imperative?

Friday, January 31, 2012 at 12:01PM

By Christopher Scott, Director II, Capital Region III AVID/CalSOAP, Sacramento County Office of Education

As the effects of the Great Recession continue to ripple across our nation, there is much chatter in the media regarding the widening gulf between society’s “haves” and “have-nots.” Television talk shows, online publications, and hard-copy print are rife with stories detailing the dismal economic prospects for our youth as everything from robotics to global outsourcing daily diminishes not just their broader career opportunities, but their chances for anyemployment that will support them beyond mere subsistence. The resulting negative impact on social mobility and the “hollowing out” of the middle class hardly bode well for the future of our democracy. In the September 2011 issue of The Atlantic, the deputy managing editor and Princeton-educated author... read more

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