Advice from students
Advice from Students Across the U.S.
Students have a lot at stake when it comes to education policy. To get their thoughts, we interviewed high school students from across the US.
This podcast features advice from Michael Martinez from San Antonio, Ricky La from San Francisco, Martin Macias from Chicago and Sierra Blair and Caitlan Rock from White Sulphur Springs, Montana and asked what education Advice they had for president Obama.
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Advice from Vanguard High School
We visited Vanguard High school in New York City, which is home to 413 students. Vanguard opened in 1993 as part of the coalition of essential schools, which focuses on creating smaller more intimate learning environments. Vanguard is currently housed in the Julia Richmond Education Complex and shares the building with five other high schools. Unlike many of the public schools in New York City, Vanguard does performance-based assessments instead of standardized tests to measure what students have learned.
We interviewed Vanguard High School students Degora Anderson, Julissa Lopez, TJ Singletary, Katilin Nazario, Naquan Dodd and Declan Ryan and asked what education Advice they had for president Obama.
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Advice from Validus Prep Academy
Validus Preparatory Academy is a new small public high school in the Bronx, New York dedicated to academics, health, and fitness. Validus opened in September 2005 with 108 freshmen. Today the school has 440 students in grades 9-12 and will graduate its first class this spring.
We visit Validus Preparatory Academy to ask students Katye Gonzalez, Eric Caldwell, Milina Bryant and Ahmed Hunt for their Advice for President Obama to fix our education system.
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“Don’t leave out kids who have disabilities”
Declan Ryan is a senior at Vanguard High School in New York City.
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“Don’t make Community College free”
Erin Nederbo is a fiction writer and freshman at Columbia College Chicago.
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“Stop standardized testing. It is affecting the dropout rates.”
Kattye Gonzalez is a sophomore at Validus Preparatory Academy.
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“Eliminate the gaps between different schools and different races”
Naquan Dodd is a seventeen-year-old student from the Bronx.
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“The schools that do have problems should be turned into buildings with smaller schools.”
Ashwini Hicks is a senior at Vanguard High School in New York City.
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“Give an opportunity to every student in the U.S.”
Djeneba Danioko is a student at Vanguard High School in New York City.
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“You want us to come to school? Have something for us when we get here”
Eric Caldwell is an 11th grader from New York City.
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