Students, nonprofits, and educators tackle biggest issues facing Houston schools
Teachers, students and other education proponents gather in the gym for the opening session during the Citywide Issues Assembly on Education, the first since it was last held in 2015, at the BakerRipley Ripley House Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023 in Houston, TX.Maria Maldonado was the first person in her family to receive a college education. This was a world away from the young girl who did not speak English for the first several years of her life.
“The goal is to really hear from the community on what’s most important to them in education,” said Sandra Rodriguez, advocacy director at the Latinos for Education organization. “We want to hear from the community. We want the community to have a space like this to share their voice.” One topic that was brought up in a small group focused on better parent engagement of non-English speakers through the need for more diverse teaching staff in schools.
“That goes a long way, having cultural awareness, and you don’t have that unless you have diversity in your teachers because every culture is different,” she said. They would then be contacted by action teams composed of members of several nonprofit organizations in attendance to create plans for new policies on those issues.
Pacheco said that the reason he was able to learn to speak English was because his father was a fluent speaker.Pacheco said that this event opened his eyes to the fact that there are many people who feel the way he does, and now he is empowered to make a difference.
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