Career Academies Baffle, Even as They Boost CVHS Grad Rates

May 10, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: AB 790, brenda rincon, Coachella Valley Economic Partnership, Coachella Valley High School, CVEP, Eastern Coachella Valley, Health Careers Academy, John Noonan, Kent Braithwaite, Kim McNulty, Linked Learning, New America Media, Simon Moore

                            Ed. Note: In 2011, California’s legislature passed AB 790, a statewide initiative aimed at addressing the growing number of high school graduates unprepared or under-prepared for either college or a career.

Two Farmworkers’ Daughters, Two Paths to Higher Education

January 28, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: brenda rincon, Coachella, Coachella Valley High School, Cristian Cabrera, DACA, DREAM Act, Farm Workers, immigration reform, Kent Braithwaite, Silvia Paz

  COACHELLA, Calif. – Cristian Cabrera was working in the grape fields with her family last summer, saving money for the fall semester, when she received a text from a friend.