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Author Archives: Vanessa Rancano, KQED

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Darryl McKellar has been teaching for 20 years. “I’m like Batman,” he says. “I use every trick in my utility belt to get a kid to buy into education.” Photo by Vanessa Rancano, KQED News
Posted inCalifornia Dream

Why California needs more male teachers of color

Avatar by Vanessa Rancano, KQED December 26, 2019December 26, 2019

When students of color have teachers of color, they learn more, finish high school at higher rates, and are more likely to go to college. But the number of teachers of color in California isn’t keeping pace with the diversity of its student body.

Allen Burnett, who just had his sentence commuted after 27 years in prison, said after he started working toward a B.A., his stepdaughter was inspired to enroll at Cal State LA, and his nieces and nephews have since started going to school. Photos by J. Emilio Flores/Cal State LA
Posted inJustice

A college education in prison opens path to freedom

Avatar by Vanessa Rancano, KQED September 25, 2019September 25, 2019
Inspired in part by the success of the approach in San Mateo County, some California lawmakers want to bring college classes to juvenile detention facilities around California. Photo via iStock
Posted inCalifornia Dream

A path to college for kids in juvenile detention

Avatar by Vanessa Rancano, KQED August 28, 2019August 28, 2019
Parishioners pray and sing during Sunday service at Bethel Church in Redding, on April 28, 2019. Photo by Sean Havey
Posted inCalifornia Dream

How Redding, California, became an unlikely epicenter of modern Christian culture

Avatar by Vanessa Rancano, KQED June 18, 2019June 23, 2020
Posted inCalifornia Dream, Education, Higher Education, Housing, The High Cost of Housing

Not living in the dorms? Good luck figuring out what college is gonna cost

Avatar by Vanessa Rancano, KQED July 27, 2018June 23, 2020
Posted inCalifornia Dream, Education, Housing, The High Cost of Housing

Housing costs — more than tuition — are crushing California’s low-income college students

Avatar by Vanessa Rancano, KQED June 7, 2018June 23, 2020
Posted inCalifornia Dream, California Then & Now, Education, Higher Education

Thousands of college hopefuls could leave California—and never come back

Avatar by Vanessa Rancano, KQED March 22, 2018June 23, 2020
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