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San Jose Mercury News: Cisco shows one way Silicon Valley can support schools

Cassidy: Cisco shows one way Silicon Valley can support schools

San Jose Mercury News

June 9, 2011

Mike Cassidy writes a powerful column on the partnership between Citizen Schools and Cisco, as well as the impact of that partnership on the lives of students.

“This Cisco partnership with Citizen Schools is the kind of thing every company in the valley needs to be thinking about.”

Read Mike’s full column here.

BUILDING ROBOTS JUST ANOTHER DAY AT MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR BAY AREA STUDENTS

Building Robots Just Another Day At Middle School For Bay Area Students.

NBC Bay Area

June 7, 2011

Citizen Schools teamed up with Bay Area middle schools and corporations to provide unique apprenticeships. At the end of ten weeks of learning, some of the students gathered at Cisco Systems to show off what they have learned and produced during their apprenticeships. Some students even created and programmed robots from scratch!

Meteorologist Jeff Ranieri speaks with Executive Director of Citizen Schools, Jeff Ross during a robotics WOW!

View more videos at: http://www.nbcbayarea.com.

United for Success Academy Students Build Foundations for Success at Oakland’s Museum of Children’s Art (MOCHA)

United for Success Academy 6th Grader, Calijah, demonstrates the many fuctions of his unique architectural design.

When asked whether he had any interest in the continued exploration of a career in architecture after Monday’s WOW! showcase, sixth grade United for Success Academy student and ArchiTower “Most Valuable Person” , Calijah (pictured above), gave his interviewer a brilliant smile that affirmed the question entirely.  This week, Oakland students invited their community to convene at the Museum of Children’s Art  (MOCHA) in Downtown Oakland to view the many projects that they had visualized, outlined, planned, drafted, and contrived over the course of their ten-week architecture apprenticeships. Read more…

HP VOLUNTEERS EXPOSING BAY AREA YOUTH TO NEW CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

For 10 weeks HP volunteer Citizen Teachers taught local Bay Area Middle school students about law, corporate development, product design, printing and technology. These apprenticeships have helped open up a vision of a future that may not have been there before.

Take a look at how HP has helped expose kids to new ideas on what they can do with their futures.

NPR/KQED: CAN A 9-HOUR SCHOOL DAY PREVENT STUDENTS FROM DROPPING OUT?

Can a 9 -Hour School Day Prevent Students from Dropping Out?

NPR/KQED San Francisco

April 22, 2011

KQED examines whether lengthening the school day to nine hours can have a positive impact on students and features Citizen Schools’ extended learning time model and results. Click here to read the full story and watch the video.

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