To Vote in This Election You Must Be Registered By October 9, 2020 Remember Voting Twice Is Illegal Courtesy of Barbara Potter Who Can Vote To register in North Carolina you must: be a citizen of the United States have lived at the registered address for at least thirty days immediately...
Continue readingHispanic and Latinx Heritage Month & Working with Latinx Students and Families By: Connor Kirkpatrick and Andrea Rodriguez Welcome to the Youth Work 101 Series! Student U uses this blog series to support youth work practitioners, educators, advocates for young people, and after-school professionals in their work...
Continue readingEducation for the sake of upward mobility and financial success through higher education is not enough to transform a broken system. It is not enough to achieve a place at the table if we do not actively work towards reconstructing its base. For Latinx educational...
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Watch the video above to learn how to use the DPS Back To School Website. This website is continually updated and we encourage families to keep checking on this page. Vea el video de arriba para aprender cómo usar el sitio web de Regreso a la escuela...
Continue readingHear from Alexandra Zagbayou, our Executive Director, about our decisions for programming this fall, opportunities for in-person support, and safety measures put in place at The W.G. Pearson Center. Escuha de Alexandra Zagbayou, nuestra Directora Ejecutiva, sobre nuestras decisiones de programación este otoño. El Centro WG...
Continue readingWhile we were deeply disappointed not to be able to gather in person this summer, we had a great time engaging with students from home and seeing how they used their Summer Learning Kits to continue to learn and grow through the summer. Although virtual,...
Continue readingOn June 25th, our DPS School Board unanimously approved a proposed reentry plan recommending that K-8 students have access to school buildings while high school students learn remotely during the upcoming fall semester. Today, an op-ed I wrote about my grave concerns about the current plan...
Continue readingDanielle Evans just graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill this spring with a degree in Management and Society. She is a first-generation college graduate who joined Student U as a shy sixth-grader in 2010 and has grown into a confident professional as the Student U Grant Administration...
Continue readingDear families, We are conducting a listening project to learn about students' and families' experiences with digital learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are raffling eight $50 Visa gift cards to students and families who sign up for an interview time slot here: Student sign-up | Parent sign-up If you have...
Continue readingDear Student U Community, Over the past week, we have all watched more sanctioned violence against Black bodies. We have watched protesters organize across our country to demand justice for #GeorgeFloyd #BreonnaTaylor #AhmaudArbery and all the other Black lives we have lost that we know by...
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